Neoliberal Indigenous Policy

Elizabeth Strakosch is Lecturer in Public Policy and Politics at the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on the intersection of policy and political relationships, and explores the ways that new public policies and administration techniques transform our political identities in liberal and settler colonial contexts.

• 1. Introduction2. Neoliberal Colonialism3. Analysing Neoliberalism and Settler Colonialism4. Policy: Assuming Sovereignty5. Australian Indigenous Policy 2000-20076. Redefining the 'Aboriginal Problem'7. Building Capacity8. Authoritarian Paternalism9. Conclusion

“Strakosch’s work offers empirical evidence of exchanging Indigenous rights founded within precolonial settler sovereignty for domestic institutions founded in colonial settler states. The case study evidence is undeniable. … this is a great book highlighting a sorely under-researched topic. … My hope is that this work will cause contemporary Indigenous scholars to rethink their own policy positions.” (Michael Lerma, NAIS, Vol. 4 (1), 2017)