The Political Economy of a Treaty:
Opportunities and Challenges for Enhancing Economic Development for
Indigenous Australians
Jon Altman, The Australian
National University
ABSTRACT
This article focuses on the issue
of Indigenous Australian property rights and a Treaty. Using a political
economy framework, I examine three issues: What mechanisms might provide
more resource rights to Indigenous Australians? How effective have
treaties with Indigenous people in the Torres Strait and New Zealand
been? And what are some of the relevant issues that these two cases
raise? I highlight the national benefit that might result from using ‘a
treaty framework’ to enable sustainable Indigenous economic futures,
while also warning about some of the hurdles that Australian political
economy and institutions might present.
Jon Altman is Professor and Director
of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at The Australian
National University. He has an academic background in economics and
anthropology and has undertaken a great deal of research on issues
associated with economic aspects of land rights and native title.
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