| Record Number |
17911 |
| ISBN |
9780522869934 : |
| Location |
305.89 ITS |
| Title |
It's our country : Indigenous arguments for meaningful constitutional recognition and reform / edited by Megan Davis & Marcia Langton. |
| Varying title |
It is our country |
| Published |
Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Press, 2016. |
| Collation |
x, 197 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents Note |
1. Finding a resolution to constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians / Marcia Langton -- 2. Through black eyes / Harold Ludwick -- 3. Building our house / Tony McAvoy -- 4. Telling our story, owning our story, making our story / Josephine Bourne -- 5. The opportunity and the challenge of constitutional recognition / Eddie Cubillo -- 6. Minding each other's business / Geoff Scott -- 7. Ships that pass in the night / Megan Davis -- 8. Building a new, better legacy / Kirstie Parker -- 9. Constitutional recognition: a case for less is more / Asmi Wood -- 10. A place at the constitutional table / Nolan Hunter -- 11. Refugees in our own country / Dawn Casey -- 12. Unfinished business / Nyunggai Warren Mundine -- 13. Constitutional recognition is not a feel-good exercise / Sean Gordon -- 14. Is the Constitution a better tool than simple legislation to advance the cause of Aboriginal peoples? / Michael Mansell -- 15. Keeping the fight alive / Teela Reid -- 16. There's no such thing as minimal recognition--there is only recognition / Noel Pearson -- 17. Navigating a path towards meaningful change and recognition / Patrick Dodson. |
| Summary Note |
"Why should Indigenous people have a direct say in the decisions that affect their lives? Australia is one of the only liberal democracies still grappling with such a question. The idea of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians has become a highly political and contentious issue. It is entangled in institutional processes that rarely allow the diversity of Indigenous opinion to be expressed. With a referendum on the agenda, it is now urgent that Indigenous people have a direct say in the form of recognition that constitutional change might achieve. 'It's our country: Indigenous arguments for meaningful constitutional recognition and reform' is a collection of essays by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander thinkers and leaders, including Patrick Dodson, Noel Pearson, Dawn Casey, Nyunggai Warren Mundine and Mick Mansell. Each essay explores what recognition and constitutional reform might achieve - or not achieve - for Indigenous people." - Back cover. |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights. |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Constitutional law |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights. |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Constitutional law |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights. |
| Constitutional law -- Australia |
| Geographic Name |
Australia |
| Added Name |
Davis, Megan,1975-, (editor). |
| Langton, Marcia,1951-, (editor). |
