Informal powers and the removal of Aboriginal children: consequences for health and social order
Download
Download
Download![[thumbnail of McCallumInformalPowersAborChild.pdf]](https://vuir.vu.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/text.png)
Export
McCallum, David (2007) Informal powers and the removal of Aboriginal children: consequences for health and social order. The International Journal of the Sociology of Law, 35 (1). pp. 29-40.
Abstract
Current high levels of morbidity and mortality, and high rates of incarceration among Australian Aboriginal populations are related historically to the attempted separation of Aboriginal people from family and community. The paper discusses these events through an analysis of legal and extra-legal forms of power in the late 19th century in Victoria, and through an analysis of the workings of the informal powers of administrators and mission superintendents, within a broader framework of liberal political reason.
Dimensions Badge
Altmetric Badge
| Item type | Article |
| URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/718 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijsl.2006.11.003 |
| Official URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S... |
| Subjects | Historical > RFCD Classification > 220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts-General Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Social Sciences and Psychology |
| Keywords | Aboriginal peoples, history, Victoria, 19th century, removal of Aboriginal children, informal powers |
| Citations in Scopus | 3 - View on Scopus |
| Download/View statistics | View download statistics for this item |
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)