From Sovereignty in Australia to Australian Sovereignty
The article argues that sovereignty in Australia is as yet incomplete, but that full sovereignty could be achieved through engagement with the indigenous Aboriginal ‘first nations’. First, the inter-constitution of the concepts of sovereignty and politics is outlined. Then the unfinished character o...
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crsagepubl:10.1111/1467-9248.12069 2024-06-16T07:40:00+00:00 From Sovereignty in Australia to Australian Sovereignty Prokhovnik, Raia 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12069 http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1467-9248.12069 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-9248.12069 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1467-9248.12069 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Political Studies volume 63, issue 2, page 412-430 ISSN 0032-3217 1467-9248 journal-article 2013 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.12069 2024-05-19T13:06:04Z The article argues that sovereignty in Australia is as yet incomplete, but that full sovereignty could be achieved through engagement with the indigenous Aboriginal ‘first nations’. First, the inter-constitution of the concepts of sovereignty and politics is outlined. Then the unfinished character of sovereignty since white settlement is examined, indicating the default nature of the sovereignty settlement. The challenge arising from complex indigenous claims to sovereignty is then explored through two elements of a differend, or power differential, which has excluded indigenous peoples from meaningful recognition as political actors. The meaning of sovereignty in the broad field of indigenous claims is then analysed. Finally, a proposal for constitutional amendment is outlined, building both upon Aboriginal self-understandings as belonging to specific nations and groups and upon the logic of the history of white settlement. Constitutional revision which takes account of these histories provides an opportunity to extend the scope of the parties who are federated. Such a process could stimulate debate that generates a meaningful Australian sovereignty settlement identity for both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications Political Studies 63 2 412 430 |
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The article argues that sovereignty in Australia is as yet incomplete, but that full sovereignty could be achieved through engagement with the indigenous Aboriginal ‘first nations’. First, the inter-constitution of the concepts of sovereignty and politics is outlined. Then the unfinished character of sovereignty since white settlement is examined, indicating the default nature of the sovereignty settlement. The challenge arising from complex indigenous claims to sovereignty is then explored through two elements of a differend, or power differential, which has excluded indigenous peoples from meaningful recognition as political actors. The meaning of sovereignty in the broad field of indigenous claims is then analysed. Finally, a proposal for constitutional amendment is outlined, building both upon Aboriginal self-understandings as belonging to specific nations and groups and upon the logic of the history of white settlement. Constitutional revision which takes account of these histories provides an opportunity to extend the scope of the parties who are federated. Such a process could stimulate debate that generates a meaningful Australian sovereignty settlement identity for both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. |
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