Electoral behaviour in the 2010 Australian federal election
Contribuinte(s) |
Simms, Marian Wanna, John |
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Data(s) |
2012
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Resumo |
All elections are unique, but the Australian federal election of 2010 was unusual for many reasons. It came in the wake of the unprecedented ousting of the Prime Minister who had led the Australian Labor Party to a landslide victory, after eleven years in opposition, at the previous election in 2007. In a move that to many would have been unthinkable, Kevin Rudd’s increasing unpopularity within his own parliamentary party finally took its toll and in late June he was replaced by his deputy, Julia Gillard. Thus the second unusual feature of the election was that it was contested by Australia’s first female prime minister. The third unusual feature was that the election almost saw a first-term government, with a comfortable majority, defeated. Instead it resulted in a hung parliament, for the first time since 1940, and Labor scraped back into power as a minority government, supported by three independents and the first member of the Australian Greens ever to be elected to the House of Representatives. The Coalition Liberal and National opposition parties themselves had a leader of only eight months standing, Tony Abbott, whose ascension to the position had surprised more than a few. This was the context for an investigation of voting behaviour in the 2010 election.... |
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application/pdf |
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Australian National University E Press |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/57442/2/57442.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ch27.pdf Bean, Clive S. & McAllister, Ian (2012) Electoral behaviour in the 2010 Australian federal election. In Simms, Marian & Wanna, John (Eds.) Julia 2010 : The Caretaker Election. Australian National University E Press, Canberra, pp. 341-355. |
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Copyright 2012 Australian National University E Press |
Fonte |
Creative Industries Faculty |
Palavras-Chave | #160601 Australian Government and Politics #2010 Australian federal election #electoral behaviour |
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Book Chapter |