Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated

In this paper I draw on survey data from the Australian Constitutional Referendum Study 1999 (ACRS99) to examine the factors underlying the defeat of the Republic proposal. Initially I investigate the factors that differentiated those direct electionists who supported the referendum from those who d...

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Main Author: Charnock, David
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australasian Political Studies Association 2000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28315
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description In this paper I draw on survey data from the Australian Constitutional Referendum Study 1999 (ACRS99) to examine the factors underlying the defeat of the Republic proposal. Initially I investigate the factors that differentiated those direct electionists who supported the referendum from those who did not; among the factors considered are attitudinal, partisan and socio-demographic ones. I also investigate various conceptions about national identity held by Australians and examine both whether the debate leading up to the referendum appears to have had much impact on these conceptions, and also how they were associated with voting at the referendum. Finally, I use multivariate logistic regression to jointly analyse all of the explanations and find that all are supported to some extent.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-283152017-01-30T13:04:18Z Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated Charnock, David Australian republic direct electionists political dissatisfaction monarchists national identity In this paper I draw on survey data from the Australian Constitutional Referendum Study 1999 (ACRS99) to examine the factors underlying the defeat of the Republic proposal. Initially I investigate the factors that differentiated those direct electionists who supported the referendum from those who did not; among the factors considered are attitudinal, partisan and socio-demographic ones. I also investigate various conceptions about national identity held by Australians and examine both whether the debate leading up to the referendum appears to have had much impact on these conceptions, and also how they were associated with voting at the referendum. Finally, I use multivariate logistic regression to jointly analyse all of the explanations and find that all are supported to some extent. 2000 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28315 Australasian Political Studies Association restricted
spellingShingle Australian republic
direct electionists
political dissatisfaction
monarchists
national identity
Charnock, David
Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated
title Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated
title_full Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated
title_fullStr Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated
title_full_unstemmed Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated
title_short Underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? Why the Republic Referendum was defeated
title_sort underdeveloped nationalism or populist protest? why the republic referendum was defeated
topic Australian republic
direct electionists
political dissatisfaction
monarchists
national identity
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28315