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From secret ballot to democracy sausage : how Australia got compulsory voting / Judith Brett.

From secret ballot to democracy sausage : how Australia got compulsory voting / Judith Brett.
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ISBN 9781925603842
Location 324 BRE
Author Brett, Judith, 1949-, (author).
Title From secret ballot to democracy sausage : how Australia got compulsory voting / Judith Brett.
Published Melbourne, Australia : Text Publishing, 2019.
Collation 198 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content types text
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Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198)
Summary Note 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.
Target Audience Recommended by Retired Teachers Association of the NSW Teachers Federation.
Subject Democracy
Elections
Voting, Compulsory
Elections -- Australia
Voting, Compulsory -- Australia
Democracy -- Australia
Geographic Name Australia
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