Changing orientations towards Australian democracy

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Dos Santos Batalha, Maria Luisa, Niemeyer, Simon and Dryzek, John. (2013). Changing orientations towards Australian democracy. In In Lyn Carson, John Gastil, Janette Hartz-Karp and Ron Lubensky (Ed.). The Australian citizens' parliament and the future of deliberative democracy pp. 133 University of Pennsylvania Press.
AuthorsDos Santos Batalha, Maria Luisa, Niemeyer, Simon and Dryzek, John
EditorsLyn Carson, John Gastil, Janette Hartz-Karp and Ron Lubensky
Abstract

The Australian Citizens’ Parliament (ACP) addressed a single broad issue— the nation’s political system. How did participation in this unique event influence participants’ orientations toward that system? We begin by describing our approach to measuring attitude change— involving an extended version of Q methodology. We then identify the basic orientations that Australians have toward politics and examine how those changed over the course of the ACP. We find that participants’ orientations changed significantly, most notably through increased contentment with Australia’s liberal democracy. This finding is perhaps a bit surprising in the context of a process that subjected aspects of Australia’s political system to critical scrutiny. We consider the factors that might have accounted for this shift, as well as their implications.

KeywordsAustralian Citizens’ Parliament; politics; Australia; attitudes
Page range133
145
Year01 Jan 2013
Book titleThe Australian citizens' parliament and the future of deliberative democracy
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
Place of publicationUnited States
Edition1
SeriesRhetoric and democratic deliberation
ISBN9780271060125
Web address (URL)https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acu/detail.action?docID=6224166
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