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Australia: The State of Democracy
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Federation Pr
Publication date August 31, 2009
Pages 322
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781862877252
ISBN-10 1862877254
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.15 lbs.
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Original list price $80.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: On many criteria, Australia has been a pioneering democracy. As one of the oldest continuing democracies, however, a health check has long been overdue. Since 2002 the Democratic Audit of Australia, a major democracy assessment project, has been applying an internationally tested set of indicators to Australian political institutions and practices. The indicators derive from four basic principles-political equality, popular control of government, civil liberties and human rights and the quality of public deliberation. Comparative data are taken from Australia's nine jurisdictions, as well as from three comparator democracies, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for reform. Some of the findings are disturbing. For example, Australia has fallen well behind in the regulation of private money in elections and in controlling the use of government or parliamentary resources for partisan benefit. Transparency and accountability have suffered from relatively weak FOI regimes and from executive dominance of parliaments. For those studying democracy or wanting to reform Australian politics, The State of Democracy provides a wealth of evidence in a well-illustrated and highly accessible format. Internationally, it is an important contribution to the democracy assessment literature and pushes into new areas such as the intergovernmental decision-making of federalism.

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With Norman Abjorensen, Philip Larkin | from Federation Pr (August 31, 2009)
9781862877252 | details & prices | 322 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $80.00
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