Countering the tendency in contemporary scholarship to conflate republicanism with nationalism and independence from Britain, this study examines Australian republicanism in terms of the different ways Australians have imagined themselves as civic beings. A wide range of primary material is used to illuminate the different types of republicanism that have emerged in the political and social dialogues. Contained are documents pertaining to republicanism, citizenship, identity, and government that cover the early colonial years to the present day.
Mark McKenna is a postdoctoral fellow of political science at the Australian National University. He is the author of The Captive Republic: A History of Australian Republicanism, 1778–1996 and the coauthor of Making Sense of the Republic. Wayne Hudson is an associate professor of humanities at Griffith University and director of the National Institute for Law, Ethics and Public Affairs. He is the editor of The Republicanism Debate, Creating Australia: Changing Australian History, and Reinventing Australian Citizenship.
Political Science
320 pages, Trade Paper, 6 x 9 1/2
Distribution Rights: US, CA & MX
$19.95 (CAN $29.95)
9780522850703 (0522850707) Pub Date: January 2004
Melbourne University Publishing/Melbourne University Press