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Trust, risk and control within an indigenous–non‐indigenous social service partnership
Author(s) -
Walker Peter
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2007.00482.x
Subject(s) - indigenous , general partnership , context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , social capital , social welfare , welfare , public administration , sociology , economic growth , public relations , political science , law , geography , economics , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , biology
Partnerships between organisations are seen as one of the building blocks of the ‘third way’ approach to welfare provision in both Europe and New Zealand. While there is much discussion on building social capital and partnership working, such partnerships are usually perceived as being between government and community or private organisations. There is a gap in the literature in two specific areas: partnerships formed between two community‐based social service organisations and partnerships formed between indigenous, or immigrant peoples, and non‐indigenous organisations. This article explores such a partnership – that between the Ngai Tahu Maori Law Centre (an indigenous organisation) and the Dunedin Community Law Centre (a non‐indigenous organisation). The article analyses this relationship and strategies employed by both organisations to develop trust, diminish risk and equalise control. Lastly, the article suggests that the model of interaction articulated here could be promulgated to other sites within the social services in New Zealand and the Americas, and within the European context.