Abstracts of theses and treatises
Brady M (1999) Difference and indifference: Australian policy and practice in Indigenous substance abuse. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
The research addresses the ways in which alcohol problems among indigenous people have been conceptualised and acted upon by the people themselves and by government policy-makers, by analysing developments in the field since the 1970s. It incorporates anthropological analyses of drinking and drinking problems, data on the process of public health policy formation, and discusses the viability of treatment and intervention modalities for Indigenous people. Ideologies and developments in alcohol treatment policy nationally and internationally, are examined in the context of the broader political debate on the place of Aboriginal people within the Australian polity, in order to understand the insulation of Aboriginal alcohol programs from mainstream influences on the one hand, and their openness to North American indigenous alcohol activism on the other. Cultural difference is seen here as a political construct, and Indigenous constructions of difference are contested in the areas of culture and healing, in definitions of health, and in approaches to alcohol problems.
For further information on this subject look in the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Bibliography or return to the theses page.
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