Speaking for the People: Representation in Australian Politics - Marian, Sawer; Gianni, Zappal
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Without the belief that others can represent their interests, citizens will withdraw their trust from parliamentary institutions. Politicians appear to have a different set of policy priorities from those of the people they represent. Australians are now witnessing demands for citizen-initiated referenda, a popularly elected president, and other means of bypassing the role of elected representatives. This book introduces concepts of representation that lie at the heart of representative democracy. It explores the distinctive ways in which Australians have thought about and practiced…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Without the belief that others can represent their interests, citizens will withdraw their trust from parliamentary institutions. Politicians appear to have a different set of policy priorities from those of the people they represent. Australians are now witnessing demands for citizen-initiated referenda, a popularly elected president, and other means of bypassing the role of elected representatives. This book introduces concepts of representation that lie at the heart of representative democracy. It explores the distinctive ways in which Australians have thought about and practiced representation, incorporating a groundbreaking analysis of nonparliamentary institutions of representation.
Autorenporträt
Marian Sawer AO is Head of the Political Science Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Her books include: Elections: Full, Free and Fair (2001), Sisters in Suits: Women and Public Policy in Australia (1990) and A Woman's Place: Women and Politics in Australia (with Marian Simms, 1984; 1993). Gianni Zappalà is Research Co-ordinator at the Smith Family, and was a Visiting Fellow in the Political Science Program, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU. He is author of Four Weddings, a Funeral and a Family Reunion: Ethnicity and Representation in Australian Federal Politics (1997).