Table of Contents

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. From Subject to Citizen 1901–1996: 1. Civis Romanus Sum; 2. From subject to citizen I: to 1948; 3. Nationality and the citizen II: 1948–1986; 4. From subject to citizen III: 1983–1996; Part II. Discourses of Exclusion: 5. Discourses of exclusion, silencing the migrant voice; 6. Aborigines and citizenship: discourses of exclusion; Part III. The Active Citizen and Beyond: 7. The active citizen and direct democracy in Australia; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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This important, theoretically sophisticated work explores the concepts of liberal democracy, citizenship and rights.

Reviews

'Davidson's account of Australian citizenship is a wonderfully broad-ranging one ... this is a book with which any serious scholar of Australian citizenship will need to engage, and from which they will learn.' Australian Historical Studies '... wonderfully broad-ranging ... this is a book with which any serious scholar of Australian citizenship will need to engage.' Australian Historical Studies