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作者

Mark Chou;Rachel Busbridge

来源

URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH,Vol.37,Issue3,P.367-377

语言

英文

关键字

Urban politics,local government,culture wars,Australia Day,entrepreneurial instigation

作者单位

National School of Arts, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia

摘要

In recent years, numerous Australian local councils have made headlines by deciding to cease or move the national Australia Day celebrations and citizenship ceremonies in recognition of the dispossession and trauma suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Focusing on the controversial decision of Yarra City Council in Victoria to cancel its 26 January Australia Day celebration and citizenship ceremony, this article examines key issues arising from urban culture war conflicts and the policy options available to Australian local councils when faced with contentious ideological issues.近年澳大利亚许多地方政府认识到原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民所遭受的流离失所和创伤，他们因此终止或修改了澳大利亚国庆日和入籍仪式。维多利亚雅拉（Yarra）市政府决定取消1月26日的澳大利亚国庆日庆祝和入籍仪式，引发了大量争论。本文籍此探讨城市文化冲突中的关键问题，以及澳大利亚地方政府面对意识形态冲突时可能做出的政策选择。KEYWORDS: Urban politics, local government, culture wars, Australia Day, entrepreneurial instigationAdditional informationAcknowledgmentsWe would like to thank the editor and reviewers for their comments and suggested revisions, which have improved this paper. We also acknowledge the councillors at the City of Yarra who we spoke to about the Council’s Australia Day decision. Any errors or misinterpretations remain our own.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.