The Australian Republic Referendum, 1999
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10359244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | BERNARD CROSS (London Metropolitan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 556-567 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3179 • E-ISSN: 1467-923X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2007.00884.x |
| OpenAlex | W2120722394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The 1999 Australian republic referendum was intended to finalise the nation‐building process begun in the mid‐nineteenth century and to exploit growing national consciousness in the wake of post‐World War II cosmopolitan immigration and the 1988 bicentenary. Despite strong republican support recorded by opinion polls and a broadly favourable media climate the proposal to institute a republic was defeated. The article summarises the campaign and explores some of the reasons that have been advanced, including the part played by the prime minister, for its outcome; it concludes that ‘the model’ might have been a contributory factor, but probably not the sole explanation. A re‐run is unlikely before the election of a sympathetic, probably Labor, government. The episode illustrates the immensity of the difficulty facing republicans in Britain where similarly favourable conditions are inconceivable in the foreseeable future
Economic history · Economics · Economy · Government (linguistics · Immigration · National consciousness · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Referendum · Sociology · The Republic · Australian History and Society · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · History · Law · Political Systems and Governance
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |