Re-theorising Minimalist and Maximalist Discourses in the Australian Monarchy–Republican Debate

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6235330
AutoresPeter Nugus (UNSW Sydney, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen42
Número1
Páginas111-128
Fecha de publicación2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361140601158575
OpenAlexW2091775986
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas16

This paper argues that the Australian monarchy–republican debate ought to be understood as competing interpretations of the relationship between political theory and practice, reflected in competing views on the ability of Australian democratic government to withstand the introduction of a republic. These interpretations, named 'minimalist' versus 'maximalist' republicanism, transcend traditional theories of monarchism and republicanism. The first part of the paper contextualises and explains the minimalist–maximalist distinction as a way of understanding the debate. The second part of the paper analyses the language in texts of key political parties and organised movements in the debate in the 1990s. The focus on elites rather than the public is an innovative approach to this debate, as is the engagement of discourse analysis which recommends these methods to other socio-political settings

Democracy · Government (linguistics · Linguistics · Monarchy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Law · Philosophy · Political Systems and Governance