POLS2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Neoliberalism, Freedom Riders, Bringing Them Home
Lecture 6 - Assimilation and Citizenship
Policy Approaches
based on changing attitudes about the Indigenous population
1788-1890s: frontier violence
christianising
1897-1950: protectionism
Segregation
1950-1972: assimilation
Integration
1972-1996: self-determination
self-management
1996-2007: neoliberalism
mutual obligation
assimilation + protectionism worked together to push Indig ppl to give up either their
own communities or hope of integrating into Wn communities
freedom on basis that they deny their culture
Indig policy as a gradual pulling in of Indig ppl into the state
Why the shift to assimilation?
changes in settler perceptions of the indig problem
1920: indig pop at its lowest level
= change in narrative
changes in lib int pol culture following ww2
Biological Assimilation - 1930s + 40s
how to deal with ind now they werent just going to die out
Distinction made between full blood natives and half-castes
racial maths
supervision of full blood natives
educate to a white standard
place in occupations that would not bring them into conflict with white ppl
Cultural Assimilation: 1940s + 50s
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Document Summary
Policy approaches based on changing attitudes about the indigenous population. 1996-2007: neoliberalism mutual obligation assimilation + protectionism worked together to push indig ppl to give up either their own communities or hope of integrating into w(cid:1685)n communities freedom on basis that they deny their culture. Indig policy as a gradual (cid:1684)pulling in(cid:1685) of indig ppl into the state. Why the shift to assimilation? changes in settler perceptions of the (cid:1684)indig problem(cid:1685) = change in narrative changes in lib int pol culture following ww2. Biological assimilation - 1930s + 40s how to deal with ind now they weren(cid:1685)t just going to (cid:1688)die out(cid:1689) Distinction made between (cid:1684)full blood(cid:1685) natives and half-castes racial maths supervision of full blood natives educate to a white standard place in occupations that would not bring them into conflict with white ppl. Ind full bloods not growing out half-castes were still behaving as ind.
