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An innovative and exciting approach to the study of Australian
politics that is guaranteed to spark students' interest.' Professor
Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide Powerscape is an engaging
study of power relationships in the Australian political system and
the community at large.' Alex Karolis, Public Administration
TodayPowerscape is an introduction to Australian politics designed
for today's students. It outlines the core political institutions
and processes, and also analyses contemporary political issues and
debates.Powerscape tells the story of a dynamic political system,
and of high levels of public engagement. Despite the prevailing
view that political participation in the 21st century in many
liberal-democracies is subdued, this book reveals complex
interactions with political processes by a wide range of
players.Organised in three parts: power and democracy, political
actors, and policy processes, Powerscape systematically
investigates the role of power in political life. Each chapter is
introduced by a snapshot', a detailed example based on a current
issue or recent event.With extended analysis of the change of
government at the 2007 federal election, this second edition has
been fully updated. It includes new examples, and new chapters on
political institutions and policy-making.
Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of
the ways in which advanced industrial democracies seek to regulate
the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Actual
political practice suggests that parties are crucial actors in
democratic elections, yet the nature and extent to which parties
are regulated, or even recognized, as participants in the electoral
process varies greatly among nations. Author Anika Gauja analyzes
the electoral laws of five key common law democracies with similar
parliamentary and representative traditions, similar levels of
economic and political development, yet with significantly
different electoral provisions: the United States, the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Using the relationship
between law and politics as a lens, the book focuses specifically
on the ways in which these jurisdictions seek to regulate the
behavior of their political parties as the product of a broader
normative vision of how representative democracy ought to function.
In its subject matter, comparative scope, and interdisciplinary
theoretical framework, this book examines not only electoral law
but also ancillary legislation such as funding regulations,
associations and corporations law, and constitutional provisions.
It also analyzes the case law that guides the interpretation of
this legislation. Political Parties and Elections represents an
innovative body of research, comparing for the first time the
electoral-legal regimes of a significant number of common law
nations.
An innovative and exciting approach to the study of Australian
politics that is guaranteed to spark students' interest.' Professor
Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide Powerscape is an engaging
study of power relationships in the Australian political system and
the community at large.' Alex Karolis, Public Administration Today
Powerscape is an introduction to Australian politics designed for
today's students. It outlines the core political institutions and
processes, and also analyses contemporary political issues and
debates. Powerscape tells the story of a dynamic political system,
and of high levels of public engagement. Despite the prevailing
view that political participation in the 21st century in many
liberal-democracies is subdued, this book reveals complex
interactions with political processes by a wide range of players.
Organised in three parts: power and democracy, political actors,
and policy processes, Powerscape systematically investigates the
role of power in political life. Each chapter is introduced by a
snapshot', a detailed example based on a current issue or recent
event. With extended analysis of the change of government at the
2007 federal election, this second edition has been fully updated.
It includes new examples, and new chapters on political
institutions and policy-making.
Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of
the ways in which advanced industrial democracies seek to regulate
the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Actual
political practice suggests that parties are crucial actors in
democratic elections, yet the nature and extent to which parties
are regulated, or even recognized, as participants in the electoral
process varies greatly among nations. Author Anika Gauja analyzes
the electoral laws of five key common law democracies with similar
parliamentary and representative traditions, similar levels of
economic and political development, yet with significantly
different electoral provisions: the United States, the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Using the relationship
between law and politics as a lens, the book focuses specifically
on the ways in which these jurisdictions seek to regulate the
behavior of their political parties as the product of a broader
normative vision of how representative democracy ought to function.
In its subject matter, comparative scope, and interdisciplinary
theoretical framework, this book examines not only electoral law
but also ancillary legislation such as funding regulations,
associations and corporations law, and constitutional provisions.
It also analyzes the case law that guides the interpretation of
this legislation. Political Parties and Elections represents an
innovative body of research, comparing for the first time the
electoral-legal regimes of a significant number of common law
nations.
Membership of political parties is diverse. Not everyone
participates and those who do, do not participate in the same way.
This book engages with the debate over the significance and future
of political parties as membership organisations and presents the
first broad comparative analysis of party membership and activism.
It is based on membership surveys which have been administered,
gathered and collated by a group of prominent party scholars from
across Europe, Canada and Israel. Utilizing this rich data source
together with the insights of party scholars, the book investigates
what party membership means in advanced industrial democracies. In
doing so, it provides a clearer picture of who joins political
parties, why they do it, the character of their political activism,
how they engage with their parties, and what opinions they hold.
This text will be of interest to scholars and students of
comparative politics, particularly to those interested in
representation, participation, political parties and elections.
Membership of political parties is diverse. Not everyone
participates and those who do, do not participate in the same way.
This book engages with the debate over the significance and future
of political parties as membership organisations and presents the
first broad comparative analysis of party membership and activism.
It is based on membership surveys which have been administered,
gathered and collated by a group of prominent party scholars from
across Europe, Canada and Israel. Utilizing this rich data source
together with the insights of party scholars, the book investigates
what party membership means in advanced industrial democracies. In
doing so, it provides a clearer picture of who joins political
parties, why they do it, the character of their political activism,
how they engage with their parties, and what opinions they hold.
This text will be of interest to scholars and students of
comparative politics, particularly to those interested in
representation, participation, political parties and elections.
This book is a reference work with an encyclopedic range, offering
contemporary and systematic comparisons between the United States
and 17 other economically advanced, stable liberal democracies, as
well as some more global comparisons. It offers international data
on as many aspects of social life as possible, from taxation to
traffic accidents, homicide rates to health expenditure, and
interest rates to internet usage. Wherever possible, it offers not
only the most recent available data but also trends over decades.
The discussion focuses on changes over time and comparisons between
countries. Sometimes the contrasts are striking; sometimes the
commonalities are more instructive. Often national political
debates are conducted in a vacuum, and examining comparative data
on policies, performance, and prospects can give a better
perspective.
Party Reform is a new comparative study of the politics of party
organization. The book provides a novel perspective in party
scholarship and develops the concept of 'reform' as distinct from
evolutionary and incremental processes of party change. As an
outcome, reform is captured in deliberate and often very public
changes to parties' organizational rules and processes. As a
process, it offers a party the opportunity to 're-brand' and
publicly alter its image, to emphasize certain strategic priorities
over others, and to alter relationships of power within the party.
Analyzing the last ten years of party reform across a handful of
established democracies including Australia, the United Kingdom,
Canada and Germany, the book examines what motivates political
parties to undertake organizational reforms and how they go about
this process. Party Reform reveals how parties' perceptions of the
social trends in which they operate shape reform agendas, and how
this relates to competitive demands and pressures from within the
party for organizational change. In addition to the motivations for
reform, the book is equally concerned with the process of reform.
The book demonstrates that declining party memberships have had a
fundamental effect on the way in which political parties 'sell'
organizational reform: as part of a broader rhetoric of
democratization, of re-engagement, and of modernization delivered
to diverse audiences - both internal and external to the party. The
chapters focus particularly on four key reform initiatives that
begin to blur the traditional boundaries of party: the introduction
of primaries, the changing meaning of party membership,
issues-based online policy development, and community organizing
campaigns. Using these cutting-edge developments as primary
examples, this book provides a framework for understanding why, and
how, reforms occur, and what the consequences might be - in terms
of how we think about modern political parties as vehicles for
participation and representation. Comparative Politics is a series
for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that
deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope,
books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative
analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published
in association with the European Consortium for Political Research.
For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The series is edited by
Emilie van Haute, Professor of Political Science, Universite libre
de Bruxelles; Ferdinand Muller-Rommel, Director of the Center for
the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University; and Susan Scarrow,
Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of
Houston.
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