Robin Banks
Biographic Data
| ID | 88109 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Banks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Banks |
| SIGNATURE | BANKS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tasmania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1810-7685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Three dilemmas underlying runaway rights
Although we are in an age of rights, psychologists have given little attention to human rights, and even less to human duties. In order to stimulate more research in this domain, we explored what we call runaway rights. Three lively critical reviews of our paper have been published. In this response, we have identified three overarching dilemmas. The first dilemma concerns the claim for universal human rights, which seems to clash with particular…
Runaway rights
We are in an age of rights, in the sense that major social and political movements use the rhetoric of rights (not duties), including women’s rights, Black rights, gay rights, and animal rights. This paper explores runaway rights , the trend of extending rights to more and more domains, and using the language of rights in social contestations. This accelerating profusion of different kinds of rights is integral to contemporary culture and is unde…
A lounge of one’s own
In this essay, the authors consider the recent discrimination law decision of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in relation to the ‘Ladies Lounge’, an artwork by Kirsha Kaechele at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart. The article first considers the question of whether there was unlawful direct discrimination before turning to the application of defences (referred to as ‘exceptions’ in the relevant legislation, the Anti-Discrimi…
The Criminalization of Climate Change Protest
This article examines the strategies used by a democratic state to suppress dissent by criminalizing social protest activities. We compile and tabulate new legislation in Australia affecting protest rights from 2010 to 2020. Using data collected from the Facebook pages of 728 environmental groups and climate-related arrests reported in media articles, we then examine connections between climate change protest and protest criminalization in Austra…
A co-designed tool to gather data from students with disability about their experiences in tertiary education
A small internal investigation by the University of Queensland (UQ) Union Disability Collective resulted in a student-led project supported by academics across three Australian universities. The project seeks to gain new insights into the experience of students with disabilities studying at Australian universities. Universities conduct disability surveys from time to time, but these tend to be forgotten as time passes and priorities change. This …
Advocacy with Gloves on
This article examines the strategies used by some third sector organizations in Australia to advocate. The purpose of this article is to identify the kinds of activities that organizations in New South Wales and Queensland use to promote advocacy, the kinds of language that is used to describe these activities, and the reasons given for the particular strategies adopted. The extent to which the organizations adopt “softer” (that is more instituti…
Implications of government funding of advocacy for third‐sector independence and exploration of alternative advocacy funding models
This paper examines the effect of funding contracts on the capacity of third‐sector organizations to effectively advocate. The relationship is not simple or obvious, with some organizations reporting 'mature relationships' with particular (state) departments, and others reporting difficulty with state or federal government jurisdictions. The paper spells out the negative effects of conflating service funding and advocacy. The paper concludes by e…
Wind out of the sails — new federal structure for the administration of human rights legislation
A test of the perceptual defense hypothesis1
Advocacy with Gloves on
This article examines the strategies used by some third sector organizations in Australia to advocate. The purpose of this article is to identify the kinds of activities that organizations in New South Wales and Queensland use to promote advocacy, the kinds of language that is used to describe these activities, and the reasons given for the particular strategies adopted. The extent to which the organizations adopt “softer” (that is more instituti…
The Criminalization of Climate Change Protest
This article examines the strategies used by a democratic state to suppress dissent by criminalizing social protest activities. We compile and tabulate new legislation in Australia affecting protest rights from 2010 to 2020. Using data collected from the Facebook pages of 728 environmental groups and climate-related arrests reported in media articles, we then examine connections between climate change protest and protest criminalization in Austra…
Implications of government funding of advocacy for third‐sector independence and exploration of alternative advocacy funding models
This paper examines the effect of funding contracts on the capacity of third‐sector organizations to effectively advocate. The relationship is not simple or obvious, with some organizations reporting 'mature relationships' with particular (state) departments, and others reporting difficulty with state or federal government jurisdictions. The paper spells out the negative effects of conflating service funding and advocacy. The paper concludes by e…
A co-designed tool to gather data from students with disability about their experiences in tertiary education
A small internal investigation by the University of Queensland (UQ) Union Disability Collective resulted in a student-led project supported by academics across three Australian universities. The project seeks to gain new insights into the experience of students with disabilities studying at Australian universities. Universities conduct disability surveys from time to time, but these tend to be forgotten as time passes and priorities change. This …
A test of the perceptual defense hypothesis1
Wind out of the sails — new federal structure for the administration of human rights legislation
Implications of government funding of advocacy for third‐sector independence and exploration of alternative advocacy funding models
This paper examines the effect of funding contracts on the capacity of third‐sector organizations to effectively advocate. The relationship is not simple or obvious, with some organizations reporting 'mature relationships' with particular (state) departments, and others reporting difficulty with state or federal government jurisdictions. The paper spells out the negative effects of conflating service funding and advocacy. The paper concludes by e…
Advocacy with Gloves on
This article examines the strategies used by some third sector organizations in Australia to advocate. The purpose of this article is to identify the kinds of activities that organizations in New South Wales and Queensland use to promote advocacy, the kinds of language that is used to describe these activities, and the reasons given for the particular strategies adopted. The extent to which the organizations adopt “softer” (that is more instituti…
The Criminalization of Climate Change Protest
This article examines the strategies used by a democratic state to suppress dissent by criminalizing social protest activities. We compile and tabulate new legislation in Australia affecting protest rights from 2010 to 2020. Using data collected from the Facebook pages of 728 environmental groups and climate-related arrests reported in media articles, we then examine connections between climate change protest and protest criminalization in Austra…
A co-designed tool to gather data from students with disability about their experiences in tertiary education
A small internal investigation by the University of Queensland (UQ) Union Disability Collective resulted in a student-led project supported by academics across three Australian universities. The project seeks to gain new insights into the experience of students with disabilities studying at Australian universities. Universities conduct disability surveys from time to time, but these tend to be forgotten as time passes and priorities change. This …
A lounge of one’s own
In this essay, the authors consider the recent discrimination law decision of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in relation to the ‘Ladies Lounge’, an artwork by Kirsha Kaechele at the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart. The article first considers the question of whether there was unlawful direct discrimination before turning to the application of defences (referred to as ‘exceptions’ in the relevant legislation, the Anti-Discrimi…
Three dilemmas underlying runaway rights
Although we are in an age of rights, psychologists have given little attention to human rights, and even less to human duties. In order to stimulate more research in this domain, we explored what we call runaway rights. Three lively critical reviews of our paper have been published. In this response, we have identified three overarching dilemmas. The first dilemma concerns the claim for universal human rights, which seems to clash with particular…
Runaway rights
We are in an age of rights, in the sense that major social and political movements use the rhetoric of rights (not duties), including women’s rights, Black rights, gay rights, and animal rights. This paper explores runaway rights , the trend of extending rights to more and more domains, and using the language of rights in social contestations. This accelerating profusion of different kinds of rights is integral to contemporary culture and is unde…
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