A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia

Matteo Bonotti is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Monash University, having previously taught at Cardiff University, Queen’s University Belfast, and the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include democratic theory, political liberalism, the normative dimensions of partisanship and electoral design, linguistic justice, food justice, and free speech.  Paul Strangio is an Associate Professor of Politics at Monash University. Paul specialises in Australian political history with a particular focus on political leadership and political parties. He is an author and editor of eleven books. 

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2:  How Australia Got Compulsory Voting.- Chapter 3: ‘A Lonely and Quixotic Battle’: A Short History of Agitation Against Compulsory Voting in Australia.- Chapter 4: Assessing Objections to Compulsory Voting in Australia.- Chapter 5:  Public Opinion and Compulsory Voting in Australia.- Chapter 6:  Non-Participation in Australian National Elections: Fault-Lines in the Compulsory Voting Consensus.- Chapter 7: Becoming an Informed Voter: Compulsory Voting and Developing Political Knowledge in Australia.- Chapter 8: ‘Choice of the Manner in Which Thou Wilt Die’: The Australian Courts on Compulsory Voting.- Chapter 9:  Compulsory Voting: Activating the Demos and Enhancing Procedural Democracy in Australia.- Chapter 10: Public Reason, Compulsory Voting and Australian Democracy.- Chapter 11:  More Representation, Less Radicalism: How Compulsory Voting Was Defended in Europe.- Chapter 12: Compulsory Voting: The View from Canada and the United States.