ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses multiple literatures in order to demonstrate their relevance to the research problematic while highlighting the importance of the work and its specific contribution. It evaluates and interprets Australia's reconciliation project the review covers the following broad areas. First, the chapter discusses the major works on reconciliation as a paradigm vehicle for social stability in order to better understand the general concept and its applicability to the case study. Second, it discusses general literature on indigenous aspirations and entitlements, which demonstrate how colonial structures continue to restrict indigenous people's autonomy. The indigenous perspective and the general reconciliation literature combines to elucidate a benchmark by which to ascertain the authenticity of a process grounded in the need to address colonial dispossession and its legacy. Lastly, the chapter examines some interpretive perspectives which focus specifically on the Australian reconciliation process itself and which have significantly informed author's understanding.
