澳大利亚民族国家的生成

The Making of Australia as A Nation-State

成立于1901年的澳大利亚联邦标志着一个由英属移民殖民地转型而来的新生民族国家的诞生。作为澳大利亚现代化发展中的标志内容之一,这是澳大利亚民族孕育与形成的产物。其生成过程无疑属于民族运动的性质范畴,但运动方式与模式则不同于之前和同期的其他国家与地区的同类运动,澳大利亚首创性地以和平方式完成了社会性质与形态的转变与转型。

The Commonwealth of Australia established in 1901 marked the birth of a newly nation -state which was turned from the British colony of immigration. As one of the remarkable contents in the development of the Australian modernization, it was the product of the pregnancy and formation of the Australian nation. Its process belonged to the category of national movement, however, its mode and type was different from that of movements of the same kind in other states and areas. Australia originated the peaceful transformation of the social nature and social formation.