Speaking for the people : representation in Australian politics
"Without the belief that others can represent their interests, citizens will withdraw their trust from parliamentary institutions. Today this trust is fragile. Politicians appear to have a different set of policy priorities from those of the people they represent. We are now witnessing demands...
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Carlton South, Vic.:
Melbourne University Press,
2001..
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Representation in Australian Politics / Marian Sawer & Gianni Zappal?a
- Part One. Challenges to Traditional Concepts: 1. Representation Renewed / Anne Phillips
- 2. Representing Trees, Acres, Voters and Non-voters: Concepts of Parliamentary Representation in Australia / Marian Sawer
- 3. The Constitutional Principle of Representative Government / Anthony Mason
- 4. Distrust of Representative Government: Australian Experiments with Direct Democracy / George Williams
- Part Two. Diversity and Presence: 5. 'Democratic Systems Are an Alien Thing to Aboriginal Culture ...' / Tim Rowse
- 6. The Political Representation of Ethnic Minorities: Moving Beyond the Mirror / Gianni Zappala
- 7. A Matter of Simple Justice? Women and Parliamentary Representation / Marian Sawer
- Part Three. Issues of Extra-parliamentary Representation
- 8. The Challenges of Sexualities / Sue Wills
- 9. Representation, Public Policy and AIDS / Dennis Altman
- 10. The Politics of Recognition or the Politics of Presence: The Challenge of Disability / Helen Meekosha
- 11. The Challenge of Poverty: The Case of ACOSS / John May
- Conclusion: Representation - Problems and Prospects / Gianni Zappala & Marian Sawer.