Format:
198 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9781925603842
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1925603849
Content:
Our majoritarian democracy -- The invention of the Australian ballot -- Three South Australian innovators -- Directly chosen by the people -- Women in, Aborigines out -- Administering elections impartially -- Counting the vote -- Early arguments over compulsory voting -- Labor in power -- Voting on Saturday -- Queensland makes it compulsory -- The farmers get a party -- Compulsory voting achieved -- The rise of minor parties and the senate -- Liberals push back -- Australian election days -- Of plebiscites and surveys -- We are good at elections.
Content:
It's compulsory to vote in Australia.We are one of a handful of countries in the world that enforce this rule at election time, and the only English-speaking country that makes its citizens vote.Not only that, we embrace it. We celebrate compulsory voting with barbeques and cake stalls at polling stations, and election parties that spill over into Sunday morning.But how did this come to be? When and why did we begin making Australians vote? What effect has it had on our political parties, our voting systems, our participation in elections? And how else is the way we vote different from other English-speaking democracies?From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage is a brilliant essay-length book by the celebrated historian Judith Brett, the prize-winning biographer of Alfred Deakin. This is a landmark account of the character of Australian democracy
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781925626810
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Australien
;
Wahlsystem
;
Wahlpflicht
;
Demokratie
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