It's our country : Indigenous arguments for meaningful constitutional recognition and reform / edited by Megan Davis & Marcia Langton.

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2016.

©2016

KU519.I64 I87 2016

9780522869934 (pbk.)
0522869939 (pbk.)
9780522869941

x, 196 pages ; 24 cm

(OCoLC)931299017

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 fundamental 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.

Includes bibliographical references.

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