Peter Brent
Biographic Data
| ID | 692617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Brent |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Brent |
| SIGNATURE | BRENT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Stuck in a Rut: The Problem with Australia's Electoral Apparatus
The origins of the distinguishing features of the Australian Electoral Commission can be found in nineteenth-century South Australia, when that colony led the world in electoral administration. It was the first jurisdiction to develop a professional, permanent, independent election management body, with salaried electoral officials, and to pursue continuous, State-initiated enrolment. South Australia evolved this way because, to extend path depen…
The Australian ballot: Not the secret ballot
Australian historical and political science academic accounts of the 'secret ballot' often describe it as being designed in Australia and first applied in Victoria in 1856. Narratives often focus on Chartists and radicals finding fertile ground in the New World for ideas that had met insurmountable resistance in the Mother Country. But this concentration on the 'British story' has led to a misconception in this country: that the secret ballot was…
Far Arabia: Explorers of the Myth
Black Nile: Mungo Park and the Search for the Niger
The Mongol Empire. Genghis Khan: His Triumph and his Legacy
Captain Scott and the Antarctic Tragedy
Godmen of India
The Australian ballot: Not the secret ballot
Australian historical and political science academic accounts of the 'secret ballot' often describe it as being designed in Australia and first applied in Victoria in 1856. Narratives often focus on Chartists and radicals finding fertile ground in the New World for ideas that had met insurmountable resistance in the Mother Country. But this concentration on the 'British story' has led to a misconception in this country: that the secret ballot was…
Far Arabia: Explorers of the Myth
Black Nile: Mungo Park and the Search for the Niger
Captain Scott and the Antarctic Tragedy
Godmen of India
The Mongol Empire. Genghis Khan: His Triumph and his Legacy
Far Arabia: Explorers of the Myth
Black Nile: Mungo Park and the Search for the Niger
The Australian ballot: Not the secret ballot
Australian historical and political science academic accounts of the 'secret ballot' often describe it as being designed in Australia and first applied in Victoria in 1856. Narratives often focus on Chartists and radicals finding fertile ground in the New World for ideas that had met insurmountable resistance in the Mother Country. But this concentration on the 'British story' has led to a misconception in this country: that the secret ballot was…
Stuck in a Rut: The Problem with Australia's Electoral Apparatus
The origins of the distinguishing features of the Australian Electoral Commission can be found in nineteenth-century South Australia, when that colony led the world in electoral administration. It was the first jurisdiction to develop a professional, permanent, independent election management body, with salaried electoral officials, and to pursue continuous, State-initiated enrolment. South Australia evolved this way because, to extend path depen…
Ancient history (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works)