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Author Power, John Marcus.

Title Fiducial governance : an Australian republic for the new millennium / John Power.

Imprint Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series ANZSOG monograph series
ANZSOG (Series)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A framework for constitutional reform -- The current Australian regime -- Reconfiguring head-of-state offices in Australia -- Conclusion: republican measures for a republican future.
Summary "Power's monograph asserts the need for the reform of Australian governance and charts Australia's fitful progress towards a republican future. Along the way he sketches a framework for constitutional reform, mindful of the strengths and weaknesses of the current system of government and the contest of ideas about the role and configuration of Australian Heads of State. Long a frustrated Australian republican, Power contends that the republican log jam is due in significant part to a lack of respect shown by the republican policy community to the contribution long made to good governance by monarchical heads of state. This monograph seeks to draw lessons from this experience, so as to make the republican venture one of substance for the Australian public. In so doing, Power draws on a range of republican, Indigenous and feminist writings in order to develop a new framework of 'fiducial governance' aimed at enhancing the trustworthiness and integrity of our institutions of governance, thereby paving the way for the replacement of the monarch by a directly elected head of state."--Publisher's description
Language English.
Subject Republicanism -- Australia.
Democracy -- Australia.
Australia -- Politics and government.
Républicanisme -- Australie.
Australie -- Politique et gouvernement.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Democracy
Politics and government
Republicanism
Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
Indexed Term Politics and government
Republicanism
Democracy
Australia
ISBN 9781921666551 (electronic bk.)
1921666552 (electronic bk.)
9781921666544 (Print version)
1921666544 (Print version)
Standard No. 459233
10.26530/OAPEN_459233
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AU@ 000051581898
AU@ 000058392164
AU@ 000060581289
GBVCP 1008654280
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