AIS505: Australian Indigenous Politics: Resistance or Collusion

Examines the internal politics of Aboriginal communities and organisations, and the often stormy relationships between them and the federal and state governing apparatus of Australia. Topics: conflicts between Aboriginal groups in their seeking to influence government instrumentalities; relationships with political parties and their policies; role of the federal and state governments; bureaucratic structures and service delivery; elections and representation; and past and present responses to initiatives, including Indigenous calls for regional governance, sovereignty, and reform of the Native Title Regime.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 1 hour per week; tutorials/seminars: 1.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in an Honours, Graduate or Postgraduate course. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed AIS405 Australian Indigenous Politics may not enrol in this unit for credit.
Notes	Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit except where the course structure states otherwise.
School	Kulbardi Centre
Unit Coordinator	Mr Michael Prince Position: KATEC Coordinator E-mail: M.Prince@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Amenities Room 2.042 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6257
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Michael Prince KATEC Coordinator (M.Prince@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6257 Murdoch Campus Amenities Room 2.042 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)