National Identity, Partisanship and Populist Protest as Factors in the 1999 Australian Republic Referendum

Bibliographic Data

ID7262345
AuthorsDavid Charnock (Curtin University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume36
Issue2
Pages271-291
Publication date2001-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361140120078826
OpenAlexW1967462950
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

Using survey data from the Australian Constitutional Referendum Study 1999 (ACRS99), I begin by showing that the votes of direct electionists were as important as those of monarchists in the defeat of the Republic referendum. Since these votes were crucial to the outcome, I then discuss several possible explanations of what differentiated those direct electionists who voted against the referendum proposal from those who voted in favour. Explanations considered include partisan influences, populist protest, and the role of national identity and ancestry. I find that all had a part to play in distinguishing the direct electionists who supported the referendum from those who did not, with the protest aspect being related to conceptions of national identity and capable of being interpreted as a reaction against multiculturalism. I also consider future prospects and argue that eventually some sort of direct election outcome is likely

Democracy · Direct democracy · Identity (music · Multiculturalism · National identity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Law · Political Systems and Governance

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