Liberal nationalism and the Australian citizenship tests

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4524907
AutoresGeoffrey Brahm Levey (0000-0002-5803-5658, UNSW Sydney, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas175-189
Data de publicação2014-02-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2014.886394
OpenAlexW2008037091
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas29

Scholars have debated whether citizenship regimes in Western democracies are tracking a liberal universalistic path or continue to follow distinctive national traditions. This essay argues that the Australian case does both through a distinctive liberal nationalist architecture. Increasingly since the 1970s, Australian citizenship acquisition and status have largely followed a civic nationalist or liberal universalist formulation. However, this has been executed within a broader liberal nationalist approach to national identity and culture that accommodates these aspects of national life. The essay discusses the idea of liberal nationalism as a political architecture of differentiated domains, Australia's construction of this architecture, and how Australia's two recent citizenship tests illustrate this framework in action. It concludes with some thoughts on the symbolic significance of citizenship tests for liberal legitimacy and the future of the liberal nationalist project

Aesthetics · Citizenship · Democracy · Legitimacy · Liberal democracy · National identity · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration