
The Forgotten People
Liberal and Conservative Approaches to Recognising Indigenous Peoples
Melbourne University Press
Will be published approx. on 15. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
277 pages
978-0-522-86963-7 (ISBN)
Description
It is easy to assume that constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians is a project of the left in Australia, and something that the right staunchly opposes. This collection challenges that assumption. It frames indigenous constitutional recognition in the context of conservative and liberal philosophical thought, and demonstrates that there may indeed be a set of reforms for constitutional recognition that can achieve the symbolic and substantive change sought by indigenous leaders, while at the same time addressing the critical concerns of constitutional conservatives and classical liberals. More than that, this collection demonstrates the genuine goodwill that many Australians share for the cause of indigenous recognition that is both practically useful and symbolically powerful.
Prestigious Australian leaders and thinkers from diverse fields, including defence, business, journalism, law and religion, share their thoughts on what recognition means to them and how it might be achieved.
Prestigious Australian leaders and thinkers from diverse fields, including defence, business, journalism, law and religion, share their thoughts on what recognition means to them and how it might be achieved.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-86963-7 (9780522869637)
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Damien Freeman | Shireen Morris
Forgotten People
Liberal and conservative approaches to recognising indigenous peoples
E-Book
03/2016
Simon + Schuster LLC
€14.83
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Persons
Damien Freeman is a lawyer, writer, and philosopher who lectures on ethics and aesthetics at Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK, and Director of the Governor-General's Prize for the Constitution Education Fund Australia.
Shireen Morris is a lawyer, senior policy adviser and constitutional reform research fellow at Cape York Institute, and a researcher at Monash University.
Shireen Morris is a lawyer, senior policy adviser and constitutional reform research fellow at Cape York Institute, and a researcher at Monash University.