POLS2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Welfare Dependency, Paternalism, Gary Johns
Lecture 8 - NT Intervention + New Paternalism
policy shift from self-determination
NT intervention re-legitimised certain policy tools
Rise of New Paternalism
e.g. ideas about:
Dysfunction
restoring social norms
Mutual obligation
real economy
passivity
violent cultures
welfare dependency
previously, indigenous communities were seen as training camps or hubs of ind identity
this time, they are the problem to be solved
understood as dysfunctional, violent places
Reframes debate
govt intervention previously seen as cause of problems
conservative revival flips this
govt intervention as the answer
how did we get here?
limits of self-determination as a policy approach in the way it was enacted in Aus
public perception was that Ind ppl had much more autonomy than they did
allowed state to defer questions about failures in these communities
if there was violence in these areas, it was due to the community, not lack of service
provision or other state failures
Narrative building about Indigenous people + communities
Increase in media reporting about violence in Ind communities
from imaginary white moral centre
Issues in Ind communities presented as spectacles
= change in public perception
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Document Summary
Lecture 8 - nt intervention + new paternalism policy shift from self-determination. Mutual obligation real economy passivity violent cultures welfare dependency previously, indigenous communities were seen as training camps or hubs of ind identity this time, they are the problem to be solved understood as dysfunctional, violent places. Increase in media reporting about violence in ind communities from (cid:1684)imaginary white moral centre(cid:1685) Abolition of indigenous govt bodies meant govt could choose their own spokespeople for indigenous communities. 5 year program continues in slightly changed form (cid:1684)to repair the damage of years of failure(cid:1685) (cid:1684)regime of coercive paternalism(cid:1685) goals: impose law + order. Ind communities to be (cid:1684)normal suburbs(cid:1685) more police, military, alcohol bans, child health checks, welfare management, control of land, admin control. Bring communities into (cid:1684)the real economy(cid:1685) done without consultation had to suspend racial discrimination act. Rudd + gillard: further welfare quarantining rebranding - closing the gap (cid:1684)stronger(cid:1685) futures extends (2012) embeds intervention to 2022.
