Studies the ability of contemporary social movements to effect political change; chapter on the black movement discusses the civil rights movement 1922-1967; the move to autonomy in the 1960s and 1970s, including the black power movement; community organisations including Aboriginal legal service and Aboriginal medical service; treaty; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission; land rights; state government action on land rights; white resistance, white support; chapter on the womens movement mentions Aboriginal women; feminism.

xiv, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. #150222