Aboriginal sovereignty and the politics of reconciliation: The constituent power of the Aboriginal Embassy in Australia

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-550

  Muldoon, Paul ^a   Schaap, Andrew ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Politics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Tent Embassy; Antonio Negri; Constituent power; Democratic paradox; Reconciliation; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LAND RIGHTS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SELF DETERMINATION; SOVEREIGNTY; SYMBOLISM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865301973     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d24310     Document Type: Article

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