Product Description: "Why do we vote in schools?" "What is the social meaning of secret balloting?" "What is lost if we vote by mail or computers rather than on election day?" "What is the history and role of drinking and wagering in elections?" "How does the electoral cycle generate the theatre of election night and inaugurations?" Elections are key public events - in a secular society the only real coming together of the social whole...read more

Product Description: This book is the first dedicated monograph on the law on democratic politics in Australia. It synthesises the law on elections, with a central focus on political parties, parliamentary elections and referenda at Federal and State levels...read more