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Referenda have their place in democracy, but can also be misused.
Governments in Canada are routinely enacting public policies that primarily benefit economic elites, raising questions about government legitimacy and competency. Who’s looking out for us?
Italy’s political future hangs in the balance – will it see another chaotic grand coalition, or take an anti-EU populist step into the unknown?
There are good reasons to be concerned about the procedures used for voter registration in many countries, including many long-established democracies.
While the Maori Party got wiped out in this weekend’s New Zealand election, there’s still a Maori presence in the country’s political system. That’s why Canadian First Nations should take note.
Democracy doesn’t seem to work within societies governed by politics of ethnicity. Instead, elections continue to offer up the hard choice between electoral credibility and political stability.
As New Zealanders head to the polls this week, there are lessons for Canada in the country’s electoral system — in particular how it gives Indigenous people a greater role in governing.
Queensland led the way in the 1920s – it’s about time for the other states to catch up on reforming local council elections.
For the third time in a row, first past the post has delivered confusion rather than stability.
The motion of no confidence against South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma showcased tension at the heart of South Africa’s democracy. Should MPs have the right to vote according to their conscience?
The new Senate is representative of the wide range of views in Australia – and far more so than the House of Representatives.
Unlike similar democracies, Australia neither limits political donations nor campaign expenditure by political parties at the federal level.
There have long been complaints that British general elections don’t produce a fair result. Are the locals any better?
Reform to how Australia’s Senate is elected should happen – but only if it genuinely strengthens voters’ rights.
The Conservatives could govern for a long time, but it won’t be an easy ride.
Parliamentary log-jam, unwilling backbenchers and Conservative preference for first-past-the-post make reform unlikely.
With 63% of the country not voting Tory, the result throws up its own question of legitimacy.
This week the “mother of parliaments” faces a general election in the UK. The ‘first past the post’ electoral system means we can’t predict the result with certainty, nor expect it to match the vote.
There is no avoiding it – the UK’s electoral process is well past its sell-by date. In 2010 the first-past-the-post system failed to deliver a single-party majority government and it is very unlikely to…
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy, University of Ibadan
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Strathclyde
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Senior Lecturer, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
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Anniversary Professor of Politics, University of York
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Emeritus Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Principal Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, The University of Melbourne
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