From Intuition to Reality
Measuring Federal Political Culture in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A J Brown (0000-0003-2588-3826) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 297-314 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pjs026 |
| OpenAlex | W2101161047 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 13 |
Federalism is associated with a range of political values, but their institutionalization in practice varies significantly. This article uses a new empirical approach to measuring "federal political culture" through the Australian Constitutional Values Survey, to explore the gap between theory and reality. It presents analysis by gender to demonstrate the approach, highlighting the importance of resolving the mix of theory and practice needed to understand contemporary preferences in institutional design. Overall, Australians were shown to be predominantly federalist in their values. However, women were on average somewhat stronger federalists than men, being stronger supporters of decentralism and legal diversity, while also being somewhat less likely than men to consider that Australia's present system delivers adequately on these values. The findings contribute to federal reform debates. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press
Diversity (politics · Economics · Epistemology · Federalism · Federalist · Institutionalisation · Intuition · Political culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Political Systems and Governance · Law · Public Administration
Income, place and perceptions of fiscal fairness
The legitimacy of local government in the Australian federation
Identities and attitudes to decentralization in multi-level states
Unions of the mind
Multilingual federalism in times of crisis
Subsidiarity in the Australian Public Sector
A Tale of Two Regionalisms
Federal Constitutional Values and Citizen Attitudes to Government
Dissecting Public Opinion on Regional Authority
Reconceptualizing Canadian Federal Political Culture
Unravelling the ‘devolution paradox
A Federal Republic
The Presence (or Lack Thereof) of a Federal Culture in Canada
A Note on the Nature of Federalism
One continent, two federalisms
A Two-Way Street
Constitutional Arrangements of Federal Systems
Public Opinion on Federalism and Federal Political Culture in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, 2004
Values and Value Tradeoffs in Federalism
Citizen Attitudes Toward Issues of Federalism in Canada, Mexico, and the United States
Political Efficacy, Involvement and Trust
Australian Federalism and Domestic Violence Policy-Making
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |