Full Description
This book looks at deep-seated elements of racism in Indigenous-settler relations through detailed analyses of the October 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia and its outcome---and discusses what might come next. The Voice to Parliament referendum proposed a constitutional amendment to create an Indigenous advisory body in the Australian Parliament. The referendum met with a resounding defeat. Against this background, the book analyses survey results during the referendum that asked direct questions about attitudes towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as about policies and issues important to many Indigenous peoples. It situates Australia's experience in this election with other research on attitudes towards Indigenous peoples, rights, and policy issues. The book also interrogates another major survey in the lead-up to the referendum, questioning those findings in relation to racism. It looks at possible learnings for the social sciences about Indigenous politics and examines the ways in which Australian settler nationalism created obstacles to the referendum's success and considers the limits of deliberation for Indigenous political claims.
Contents
Introduction.- The end of reconciliation The Australian Voice referendum in comparative perspective.- Racism Resentment and Divided Support Understanding Australians Votes in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum Raymond Foxworth Carew Boulding Edana Beauvais and Sarah Maddison.- Asking the wrong questions Reading racial resentment and settler nationalism in the ANU Referendum Study Kim Alley.- Who killed the Voice referendum Heidi Norman.- The Voice referendum compared Comparative Attitudes toward Indigenous Political Issues and Peoples Raymond Foxworth Carew Boulding Edana Beauvais.- The Indigenous Voice in Australia How a Referendum to change the Australian Constitution Offers Political Science an opportunity to better consider Indigenous politics Raymond Orr.- Settler nationalism and the limits of constitutional reform Dan Tout and Lorenzo Veracini.- The Voice Referendum Deliberative Democracy and Settler Colonialism Justin McCaul.- The dead end of populism the end of reconciliation Sarah Maddison.
