Federalism, constitutional recognition and Indigenous Peoples

How a new identity-based state can be established in Australia

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ID6235196
AuthorsMichael G Breen (0000-0003-1876-6453, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume55
Issue3
Pages311-327
Publication date2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361146.2020.1766416
OpenAlexW3026720803
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

The debate on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Peoples in Australia has highlighted the desire for meaningful responses to Indigenous Peoples’ claims to sovereignty and self-determination. One potential response is to apply federal principles and establish a new state, or states, for Indigenous Peoples in Australia. This proposal has been most prominently put by Tasmanian Aboriginal leader Michael Mansell. Others have followed. However, (at least) one fundamental problem with this federal idea has not been properly addressed, namely the dispersal and limited geographical concentration of Indigenous people in Australia. This paper asks whether and how federalism can be used to institutionalise the shared and self-rule of widely dispersed minorities, or more specifically, Indigenous Peoples in the settler-majority country of Australia. It demonstrates that a non-territorial approach can be applied to federalism in Australia, and that it may form one possible response to the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Dual federalism · Federalism · Identity (music · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Self-determination · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Ecology

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