Achieving Social Justice

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-86287-450-3
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 262 g

Larissa Behrendt attacks the chasm which has grown between Indigenous lives and aspirations in Australia, and the psychological terra nullius which continues, despite Mabo, to pervade so much of Australia�’s mythology and policy. She proposes longer term, aspirational initiatives leading to institutional change that will facilitate greater rights protection and the exercise of self-determination, including: a preamble to the Constitution a treaty the national self-image economic redistribution alternative institutional forms regional framework agreements a more energised politics Constitutional protection

Autoren/Hrsg.

Behrendt, Larissa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Dedication List of key organisations and people Why Question the Rules? Australians and the first Australians Practical reconciliation or the rights agenda? A belief in substantive equality More than a 'noisy minority' The concept of democracy New approaches to Indigenous rights protection The Myth of Law's Neutrality: Why Formal Equality Doesn't Work Different conceptions of justice Different conceptions of property Different conceptions of equality Nationalism and Identity: Why 'Western' Institutions Don't Work for Everyone The Australian self-image Challenging the Australian self-image Why recognition matters Indigenous Aspirations: The Starting Point for Rights Protection What 'Indigenous sovereignty' and 'self-determination' might mean Deciphering the content of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination The parameters of Indigenous claims New Strategies, Improved Rights Protection A program for institutional change Indigenous rights and aspirations Some underlying principles Towards Improved Rights Protection: Some First Steps and Some Alternative Futures Towards a new national self-image Towards Constitutional change Towards regional autonomy Some Conclusions Bibliography/Index