Speaking for the people : representation in Australian politics / edited by Marian Sawer and Gianni Zappala.
Sawer, Marian.; Zappalà, Gianni.
2001
JQ4081 .S64 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
Speaking for the people : representation in Australian politics / edited by Marian Sawer and Gianni Zappala.
ISBN
0522849725 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 330 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
JQ4081 .S64 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.994
Summary
"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 for citizen-initiated referenda, a popularly elected president and other means of bypassing the role of elected representatives. Speaking for the People explores for the first time the distinctive ways in which Australians have thought about and practised representation, incorporating a ground-breaking analysis of non-parliamentary institutions of representation. Whether and how meaningful a voice can be given to all groups within our society is one of the many questions this book addresses. Marian Sawer and Gianni Zappala bring together old and new concepts of political representation and highlight what is distinctively Australian in our practices of representation." -- BOOK JACKET.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Bibliography: p. 298-321.
Added Author
Sawer, Marian.
Zappalà, Gianni.
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Introduction: Representation in Australian Politics / Marian Sawer & Gianni Zappalà
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.

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