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Restructuring Australia : regionalism, republicanism and reform of the nation-state / editors, Wayne Hudson & A.J. Brown.

Restructuring Australia : regionalism, republicanism and reform of the nation-state / editors, Wayne Hudson & A.J. Brown.
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ISBN 1862874921
Title Restructuring Australia : regionalism, republicanism and reform of the nation-state / editors, Wayne Hudson & A.J. Brown.
Published Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2004.
Description vii, 241 p. : ill., ports ; 22 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents 1. Restructuring Australia / AJ Brown & Wayne Hudson. Part I. Regionalism: an introduction / AJ Brown -- 2. What is regionalism? / Ian Gray -- 3. Why every major region should be its own State / Geoffrey Blainey -- 4. Do we need a federal system? The case for abolishing State governments / Jim Soorley -- 5. A republican federation of regions: re-forming a wastefully governed Australia / Chris Hurford AO -- 6. The constitutional framework for a regional Australia / Cheryl Saunders. Part II. Republicanism: an introduction / Wayne Hudson -- 7. Australian republicanism, sovereignty and the States / David Flint -- 8. The republic, democracy and reconciliation / Mark McKenna -- 9. A maximalist republic: achieving constitutional change by a strategic, participative processs / Klaus Woldring -- 10. A model for electing the Australian president / George Winterton -- 11. Political parties and constitutional change / Brian Galligan. Part III. Reform of the nation-state: an introduction / AJ Brown -- 12. Globalisation, identities and the Australian nation-state / Wayne Hudson -- 13. Restructuring Australia: from economic to social to political change / Linda Hancock -- 14. Responsible federalism / Tony Abbott -- 15. From one nation to new nation: Australian federalism in a globalising world / Allan Patience -- 16. Go global, think local: rethinking national constitutions in the age of globalisation / Charles Sampford and AJ Brown -- 17. Regionalism and republicanism and the role of the nation-state: a young person's perspective / Reuben Humphries.
Summary Introduces current debates about how to restructure Australian government. Basic questions are asked such as: what do Australians want and need from their system of government and what role will structural reform play in delivering this vision in the twenty-first century?
Subjects Republicanism -- Australia
Regionalism -- Australia
Globalization
Australia -- Politics and government
Other Names Hudson, Wayne
Brown, A.J. (Alexander Jonathan)
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