Download or read book Australian Democracy in Theory and Practice written by Graham Maddox and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Places Australian political institutions and procedures into an historical perspective and introduces elements of political comparison that shed light on our experience and our place in the world. Government is examined as an instrument of democracy for social and economic change.
Download or read book Contemporary Politics in Australia written by Rodney Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Politics in Australia provides a lively and wide-ranging introduction to the study of Australian politics. Written by a diverse range of experts, the book offers a comprehensive overview of current theories, debates and research in Australian political science and looks forward to new developments. It encompasses not only formal and institutionally based politics, but also the informal politics of everyday life, including the politics of Australian culture and media. The book is divided into six key sections that cover: • political theory • politics in everyday Australian life • elections • participation and representation • the Australian state • contemporary political and public policy issues Contemporary Politics in Australia challenges the assumption that the study of Australian politics can be dry, descriptive or uncontroversial. Rather, it encourages an understanding of politics in Australia as contested ground. Featuring a glossary of key terms and a companion website, it is essential reading for students.
Download or read book Stepping Up to the Plate written by Graham Maddox and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans call themselves a democracy, but they are not. America has redefined democracy to make it conform to the capitalist economy and rule by wealth elites. When American leaders say they wish to make the world safe for democracy, they really mean that they want the world, including Australia, to subsume itself into this US project. Any process resulting in Australia absorbing more of the United States' corporatist political culture will result in the serious erosion of our own democratic ideals. Australia should resist this, especially at a time when such corporatist politics is losing its legitimation. We are better served by our own robust system of democracy.
Download or read book Australian Democracy in Theory and Practice written by Graham Maddox and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Places Australian political institutions and procedures into an historical perspective and introduces elements of political comparison that shed light on our experience and our place in the world. Government is examined as an instrument of democracy for social and economic change.
Download or read book Australian Democracy in Theory and Practice written by Graham Maddox and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second edition of this standard text on key aspects of Australian politics and culture. The author has revised his analysis in the light of four terms of the Hawke Labor government and included a new chapter on the nature of power and its use in Australian society. First published in 1985.
Download or read book An Introduction to Australian Public Policy written by Sarah Maddison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the models, influences and players that shape public policy in Australia, addressing both theory and real-world challenges.
Download or read book Deliberative Democracy in Australia written by John Uhr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parliament is central to the democratic claims of our system of governance. This book evaluates the role and performance of this centrepiece of Australian government. It explores the institutional design of the parliament, and its principles and practices, presenting a compelling case for reform. Uhr discusses parliament's representative and legislative roles, and the issue of accountability. He looks at the place of representative assemblies in liberal political theory and assesses current institutional performance. He argues that republicanism can be seen as a form of deliberative democracy, examining ways in which such democracy might be made more effective and meaningful in Australia. Combining an authoritative knowledge of political theory with a familiarity with the inner-workings of the Australian parliament, the author makes an important contribution to debates in Australia and internationally.
Download or read book A Federal Republic written by Brian Galligan and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1995-09-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative reassessment of the Australian constitution from the perspective of a political scientist.
Download or read book The Australian Citizens Parliament and the Future of Deliberative Democracy written by Lyn Carson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing numbers of scholars, practitioners, politicians, and citizens recognize the value of deliberative civic engagement processes that enable citizens and governments to come together in public spaces and engage in constructive dialogue, informed discussion, and decisive deliberation. This book seeks to fill a gap in empirical studies in deliberative democracy by studying the assembly of the Australian Citizens’ Parliament (ACP), which took place in Canberra on February 6–8, 2009. The ACP addressed the question “How can the Australian political system be strengthened to serve us better?” The ACP’s Canberra assembly is the first large-scale, face-to-face deliberative project to be completely audio-recorded and transcribed, enabling an unprecedented level of qualitative and quantitative assessment of participants’ actual spoken discourse. Each chapter reports on different research questions for different purposes to benefit different audiences. Combined, they exhibit how diverse modes of research focused on a single event can enhance both theoretical and practical knowledge about deliberative democracy.
Download or read book Contemporary Politics in Australia written by Rodney Smith and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Platypus and Parliament written by Stanley Bach and published by Department of Senate Parliament House. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic examination of how the Senate actually operates covering topics which include the design and operation of Australia's system of government, an analysis of the confrontation betwen the Senate and the house of Representatives in 1975, proposals for reform, the republican debate, minority parties and the balance of power.
Download or read book A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia written by Matteo Bonotti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book Keywords in Australian Politics written by Rodney Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Download or read book Deliberative Democracy in Practice written by David Kahane and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliberative democracy is a dominant paradigm in normative political philosophy. Deliberative democrats want politics to be more than a clash of contending interests, and they believe political decisions should emerge from reasoned dialogue among citizens. But can these ideals be realized in complex and unjust societies? This book brings together leading scholars who explore debates in deliberative democratic theory in four areas of practice: education, constitutions and state boundaries, indigenous-settler relations, and citizen participation and public consultation. This dynamic volume casts new light on the strengths and limitations of deliberative democratic theory, offering guidance to policy makers and to students and scholars interested in democratic justice.
Download or read book Australian Politics written by Bill Brugger and published by Unwin Hyman. This book was released on 1985 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Innovating Democracy written by Robert E. Goodin and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-07-10 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years democratic theory has taken a deliberative turn. Instead of merely casting the occasional ballot, deliberative democrats want citizens to reason together. They embrace 'talk as a decision procedure'. But of course thousands or millions of people cannot realistically talk to one another all at once. When putting their theories into practice, deliberative democrats therefore tend to focus on 'mini-publics', usually of a couple dozen to a couple hundred people. The central question then is how to connect micro-deliberations in mini-publics to the political decision-making processes of the larger society. In Innovating Democracy, Robert Goodin surveys these new deliberative mechanisms, asking how they work and what we can properly expect of them. Much though they have to offer, they cannot deliver all that deliberative democrats hope. Talk, Goodin concludes, is good as discovery procedure but not as a decision procedure. His slogan is, 'First talk, then vote'. Micro-deliberative mechanisms should supplement, not supplant, representative democracy. Goodin goes on to show how to adapt our thinking about those familiar institutions to take full advantage of deliberative inputs. That involves rethinking who should get a say, how we hold people accountable, how we sequence deliberative moments and what the roles of parties and legislatures can be in that. Revisioning macro-democratic processes in light of the processes and promise of micro-deliberation, Innovating Democracy provides an integrated perspective on democratic theory and practice after the deliberative turn.
Download or read book Australian Democracy in Crisis written by Andrew C. Theophanous and published by Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
