Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review'Davidson's account of Australian citizenship is a wonderfully broad-ranging one … this is a book with which any serious scholar of Australian citizenship will need to engage, and from which they will learn.' Australian Historical Studies
'… wonderfully broad-ranging … this is a book with which any serious scholar of Australian citizenship will need to engage.' Australian Historical Studies
Table of ContentsList 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.
