Alastair Davidson (New Jersey Rutgers University)

From Subject to Citizen

Australian Citizenship in the Twentieth Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important, theoretically sophisticated work explores the concepts of liberal democracy, citizenship and rights. Grounded in critical original research, the book examines Australia's political and legal institutions, and traces the history and future of citizenship and the state in Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780521459730
• ISBN-10: 0521459737
• Artikelnr.: 21631580

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. From Subject to Citizen 1901-1996: 1. Civis Romanus Sum
2. From subject to citizen I: to 1948
3. Nationality and the citizen II: 1948-1986
4. From subject to citizen III: 1983-1996
Part II. Discourses of Exclusion: 5. Discourses of exclusion, silencing the migrant voice
6. Aborigines and citizenship: discourses of exclusion
Part III. The Active Citizen and Beyond: 7. The active citizen and direct democracy in Australia
Conclusion
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.