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Title: The Aboriginal franchise and its consequences
Related: Australian journal of politics and history, Vol. 52, Issue 4, p.517-561
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2006.00432a.x
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Date: 2006
Author/Creator: Goot, Murray
Description: This article traces the expansion (and contraction) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander franchise for Commonwealth, state and territory elections, and to a lesser extent local government elections; it outlines the arguments made for (and against) Aboriginal enfranchisement; and it examines alternative accounts of what drove the expansion (and contraction) of the vote. It pulls together data on Aboriginal enrolment, political awareness and party support, particularly in the Northern Territory. And it examines divergent views about the consequences of Aborigines having the vote: claims that the franchise is an empty formality; claims that it has allowed Aborigines to be manipulated; and claims that it has generated benefits — symbolic, expressive and instrumental.
Description: 45 page(s)
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Politics and International Relations

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