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The Intercultural Practice of Local Governance in an Aboriginal Settlement in Australia
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Drawing on research undertaken at a remote Aboriginal settlement, the paper describes the interpersonal interactions occurring in the practice of local governance, by conceptualising an intercultural field on which actors from a variety of institutional positions practice. Local governance in Kowanyama exhibited a political pluralism, encompassing a complex array of competing and at times balancing interests. Informal and formal checks and balances operated to curb the excesses of leaders. There was considerable diversity in the personal characteristics of leaders and of local organizations and forums. The pluralism and specialisation observed was an innovative response to the complexity of local governance and indicative of a political maturity in leadership and their constituency. Critical to local governance was productive relationships operating locally between leaders and trusted outsiders. The bulk of administrative burden was borne by a surprisingly small number of leaders and trusted outsiders, raising questions about how to broaden public participation in decision-making. The paper concludes by encouraging researchers and commentators to move beyond the notion of a narrow interface between monolithic opposing cultures, to the rich sociality that is occurring in the intercultural practice of local governance.
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“A complex array of legal, regulatory, and policy barriers limit the scope in which effective and legitimate forms of Indigenous leadership and governance can emerge while an elaborate and hierarchical public policy environment brings an excessive focus on measurement, accountability, and administration at the expense of delivering culturally appropriate processes and outcomes valued by Indigenous”
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“A complex array of legal, regulatory, and policy barriers limit the scope in which effective and legitimate forms of Indigenous leadership and governance can emerge while an elaborate and hierarchical public policy environment brings an excessive focus on measurement, accountability, and administration at the expense of delivering culturally appropriate processes and outcomes valued by Indigenous”
From Aboriginal-led development – the case of the Warlpiri Education and Training Trust (2024) · cites this paper as Moran 2010
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Metadata
- Authors
- Moran, M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Moran, Mark
- ORCID
- Moran, Mark
- Venue
- Human Organization
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-03
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 65-74
- ISSN
- 0018-7259 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3525
- OpenAlex
- W2033493863
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 4.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Organization (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Australian Indigenous Culture and History
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Indigenous Cultures and History
- Social Sciences › Law › Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
- Keywords
- intercultural relations, local governance, Aboriginal settlement, political pluralism, leadership, checks and balances, citizen participation, decision-making, interpersonal interaction, remote communities
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