{"product_id":"leading-from-between-catherine-althaus-9780773559141","title":"Leading from Between: Indigenous Participation and Leadership in the Public Service","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the 1970s governments in Canada and Australia have introduced policies designed to recruit Indigenous people into public services. Today, there are thousands of Indigenous public servants in these countries, and hundreds in senior roles. Their presence raises numerous questions: How do Indigenous people experience public-sector employment? What perspectives do they bring to it? And how does Indigenous leadership enhance public policy making? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA comparative study of Indigenous public servants in British Columbia and Queensland, \u003ci\u003eLeading from Between \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses critical concerns about leadership, difference, and public service. Centring the voices, personal experiences, and understandings of Indigenous public servants, this book uses their stories and testimony to explore how Indigenous participation and leadership change the way policies are made. Articulating a new understanding of leadership and what it could mean in contemporary public service, Catherine Althaus and Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh challenge the public service sector to work towards a more personalized and responsive bureaucracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when Canada and Australia seek to advance reconciliation and self-determination agendas, \u003ci\u003eLeading from Between \u003c\/i\u003eshows how public servants who straddle the worlds of Western bureaucracy and Indigenous communities are key to helping governments meet the opportunities and challenges of growing diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Althaus,Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0773559140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780773559141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Catherine Althaus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49082562609407,"sku":"9780773559141","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leading-from-between-catherine-althaus-9780773559141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}