{"product_id":"just-leave-them-where-they-belong","title":"JUST LEAVE THEM… WHERE THEY BELONG","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\"\u003eJust Leave Them... Where They Belong:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top: 5px !important; margin-bottom: 10px !important;\"\u003eThe Cruel Business of the Culture-Cult, Service Industry, and Welfare Dependency\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoundations of a Capability-Based Theory for Social Work, Public Policy, and Aboriginal Self-Determination.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW BOOK—Milton James\u003c\/em\u003e is a social work practitioner whose work in Aboriginal employment and welfare spans more than three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter more than fifty years of Aboriginal welfare policy, is it time to question the assumptions on which it was built?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on decades of firsthand experience in Aboriginal welfare, employment and worker mobility, Milton James examines the policies, institutions and professional orthodoxies that have shaped Aboriginal affairs—and asks whether they have increased individual capability and independence or helped perpetuate welfare dependency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of the book is a practical alternative: worker mobility—assisting people from remote welfare settlements to move to where real employment already exists, with intensive support where necessary, rather than continually constructing programs around places where viable labour markets do not exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust Leave Them… Where They Belong\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is not another theoretical account of Aboriginal policy. It is an extensive record of what was tried, what happened, what failed—and what actually worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: \u003cem\u003eCritical Social Work Publishing House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN - 978-0-9943346-7-1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll sales (ex. postage\/handling) of this book go to registered charity \u003cstrong\u003eBoys from the Bush Projects Inc.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Australian Alert Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525195206818,"sku":"BK-JLTWTB","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0302\/9762\/0539\/files\/Book_-_Cover-_Milton_James_-_Just_Leave_them_Where_they_belong.jpg?v=1790310826","url":"https:\/\/store.australianalert.au\/products\/just-leave-them-where-they-belong","provider":"Australian Alert Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}