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Published 15-06-2011
ISBN 9780522860207
Pages 304
Subjects Politics and government
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Electoral Democracy

Australian Prospects

Joo-Cheong Tham, Brian Costar, and Graeme Orr

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Published 15-06-2011
ISBN 9780522860207
Pages 304
Subjects Politics and government
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A healthy democracy relies on a healthy electoral system. Are the ways we run elections and political parties adapting to contemporary challenges and learning from international experience? Drawing together leading political scientists and legal scholars, Electoral Democracy examines pressing debates about the regulation of political finance, parties and representation in Australia. It does so by testing the system and reform proposals against three fundamental; and sometimes conflicting; values: political equality, liberty and integrity. This book will inform and provoke all who take part in and care about Australia's electoral democracy.

About The Author

Joo-Cheong Tham is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School. He has written extensively on the regulation of political funding in Australia and is the author of Money and Politics: The Democracy We Can't Afford (UNSW Press, 2010). He also specialises in the regulation of non-standard work, in particular, casual and temporary migrant work.

About The Author

Brian Costar is Professor of Victorian State Parliamentary Democracy in the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology. He has published widely in the areas of elections and political parties and is the co-author (with Colin A Hughes) of Limiting Democracy: The Erosion of Electoral Rights in Australia (UNSW Press, 2006).