A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia (eBook)

Genesis, Impact and Future

Matteo Bonotti, Paul Strangio (Herausgeber)

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2021 | 1st ed. 2021
XV, 272 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-334-025-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Compulsory voting has operated in Australia for a century, and remains the best known and arguably the most successful example of the practice globally. By probing that experience from several disciplinary perspectives, this book offers a fresh, up-to-date insight into the development and distinctive functioning of compulsory voting in Australia. By juxtaposing the Australian experience with that of other representative democracies in Europe and North America, the volume also offers a much needed comparative dimension to compulsory voting in Australia. A unifying theme running through this study is the relationship between compulsory voting and democratic well-being. Can we learn anything from Australia's experience of the practice that is instructive for the development of institutional bulwarks in an era when democratic politics is under pressure globally? Or is Australia's case sui generis - best understood in the final analysis as an intriguing outlier?

Matteo Bonotti is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Monash University, having previously taught at Cardiff University, Queen's University Belfast, and the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include democratic theory, political liberalism, the normative dimensions of partisanship and electoral design, linguistic justice, food justice, and free speech. 

Paul Strangio is an Associate Professor of Politics at Monash University. Paul specialises in Australian political history with a particular focus on political leadership and political parties. He is an author and editor of eleven books. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Elections, Voting, Technology
• Reihe/Serie: Elections, Voting, Technology
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 272 p. 13 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Australian Democracy • Compulsory voting in Australia • Compulsory voting in Europe • Compulsory voting in North America • crisis of democracy • Democracy • democratic theory • Elections • Ethics of voting • National Election Participation in Australia • North American perspectives on compulsory voting • Objections to Compulsory Voting • Political Knowledge in Australia • Political representation • Representation and the Moderation Thesis • Voter turnout • Voting in Australia
• ISBN-10: 981-334-025-8 / 9813340258
• ISBN-13: 978-981-334-025-1 / 9789813340251