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Author
Buckley, Brian
Title
Arguments for a republic
In
Dawning of a republic
Imprint
Oberson Enterprises Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 1979
Description

Sponsored by the Republican Association

Abstract

Advances the argument that a monarchy is unreconcilable with egalitarianism and commitment to democratic constitutional process.It labels the constitutional arrangements in Australia as leading to undue dominance by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, and then discusses migration and migrants alienation from existing arrangements. It also address what are seen as fallicious comparisions with the failings of other British colonies which have become republics.