Preferential Policies and the Blurring of Ethnic Boundaries: The Case of Aboriginal Australians in the 1980s
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I argue against the commonly held view that ethnically based preferential policies consistently lead to the construction of well-defined boundaries between collectivities. Using a statistical study of Australia as a case, I demonstrate that preferential programs, under certain conditions, may blur the boundaries between groups. This trend is reflected in the growing number of individuals in the early 1980s who chose to claim an Aboriginal identity in Australian states that increasingly recognized indigenous land claims.
2009 ◽
Vol 42
(2)
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pp. 417-442
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2016 ◽
pp. 132-148
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2010 ◽
Vol 15
(1)
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pp. 63-80
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2017 ◽
Vol 50
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pp. 172-187
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