A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia

A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9789813340251
ISBN-13 : 9813340258
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Book Synopsis A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia by : Matteo Bonotti

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?


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