INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE: UNDERSTANDING, BUILDING AND SUSTAINING EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE IN RURAL, REMOTE AND URBAN INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITIES

该项目调查农村、偏远和城市环境中的土著社区治理--其结构、程序、机构、领导力、权力和能力。它将纵向评估不同治理形式的有效性及其对社会经济发展的影响。它以创新、多学科的方式关注社区理事机构，绘制其文化、地方和区域治理环境图，并分析国家和国家一级政策网络和目标的作用。该项目将完善土著治理的理论模式；提出改善治理能力的建议；设计可持续安排的备选方案，以解决规模、自治、代表性和问责制等跨文化问题。

This project investigates Indigenous community governance - its structures, processes, institutions, leadership, powers and capacities - across rural, remote and urban settings. It will longitudinally assess the effectiveness of different forms of governance, and their consequences for socioeconomic development. It applies an innovative, multi-disciplinary focus on community governing bodies, mapping their cultural, local and regional governance environments, and analysing the role of State and national-level policy networks and objectives. The project will refine theoretical models of Indigenous governance; develop recommendations for improving governance capacity; and design options for sustainable arrangements that address inter-cultural matters of scale, autonomy, representation, and accountability.