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Proportional Representation Society of Australia (Queensland Branch)

Submission to the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission (EARC) on Legislative Assembly Electoral Review
(May 1990)


BIBLIOGRAPHY


Vernon Bogdanor, The People and the Party System: The Referendum and Electoral Reform in British Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1981).

Colin M Buchanan, The Christian Conscience and Justice in Representation (Grove Booklet on Ethics, October 1983).

David Butler, "Electoral Systems", in Democracy at the Polls: A Comparative Study of Competitive National Elections (Washington, American Enterprise Institute, 1981).

Andrew McLaren Carstairs, A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe (London, George Allen and Unwin, 1980).

Barry Cohen, "Non-democracy, Australian-style" (The Bulletin, 19 April 1988).

Peter Cole-Adams, "Massacre at the polls a flaw in the system" (The Age, 22 December 1975).

Michael Coper, Encounters with the Australian Constitution (North Ryde, CCH, 1987).

Richard Davis, "Tasmania: Premiers and Parochial Politics" in Machine Politics in the Australian Labor Party, ed Andrew Parkin and John Warhurst (1983)

Senator Arthur Gietzelt, Proposals for Change to our Electoral System (ALP discussion paper, July 1981).

Senator Arthur Gietzelt, Proposals for Change to our Electoral System: The Debate Rejoined (ALP discussion paper, November 1981).

Peter Hain and Geoff Hodgson, Proportional Misrepresentation? (IWC/Tribune pamphlet, Nottingham, November 1982).

Martin Harrop and William L Miller, Elections and Voters: A Comparative Introduction (London, Macmillan Education, 1987).

R A Herr and W J Hemmings, "Accountability and Proportional Representation; The Tasmanian Case" (Politics, vol 10, no 2, November 1975).

D G Hoag and G H Hallett, Proportional Representation (New York, Macmillan, 1926).

Richard Holme, "Parties, Parliament, and PR", in 1688-1988: Time for a New Constitution? (ed Richard Holme and Michael Elliott; London, Macmillan, 1988).

Colin A Hughes, "A Close-Run Thing", in Australia at the Polls: The National Elections of 1980 and 1983 (ed David Butler and Howard R Penniman; Washington DC, American Enterprise Institute, 1983).

Graham Ihlein, "Proportional Representation: A Key Reform for Social Progress?" (Fabian Newsletter, April 1988).

William P Irvine, "A Review and Evaluation of Electoral System Reform Proposals" (1980).

Dean Jaensch, Getting Our Houses in Order: Australia's Parliament - How it Works and the Need for Reform (Ringwood, Penguin, 1986).

Eckhard Jesse, "The West German Electoral System: The Case for Reform, 1949-87" (West European Politics, January 1987).

Paul Kelly, "The Rising Tide of Senate Review" (Weekend Australian, 24-25 November 1988).

Andrew Knapp, "Proportional but Bipolar: France's Electoral System in 1986" (West European Politics, January 1987).

Enid Lakeman, Power to Elect: The Case for Proportional Representation (London, Heinemann, 1982).

Stephen Loosley, "We should cosider US primary voting model" (Weekend Australian, 8-9 October 1988).

Padraic P McGuinness, "The wrong vote for the wrong reason" (Weekend Australian, 10-11 March 1990).

Don McKinnon, "Proportional Representation in Theory and Practice" (Legislative Studies Quarterly, Autumn 1988).

Michael Marsh, "The Voters Decide? Preferential Voting in European List Systems" (European Journal of Political Research, 1985).

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J H Proctor, "The Acceptance of Proportional Representation in Malta" (Parliamentary Affairs (Journal of the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government), vol 33, no 3, Summer 1980).

Robert Ray, "Rethinking the Electoral System", in Labor Essays 1982 (Richmond, Victoria, 1982).

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Joan Rydon, "Electoral Reform and Parliament" (Legislative Studies Quarterly, Autumn 1988).

Roger Scott, Peter Coaldrake, Brian Head, and Paul Reynolds, "Queensland", in Australian State Politics (ed Brian Galligan; Melbourne, Longman Cheshire, 1986).

Campbell Sharman, "Diversity, Constitutionalism, and Proportional Representation", in The Constitutional Challenge: Essays on the Australian Constitution, Constitutionalism, and Parliamentary Practice (ed Michael James; St. Leonards, Centre for Independent Studies, 1982).

Ken Shirley, "Electoral Reform - The Parliamentarian's View" (Legislative Studies Quarterly, Autumn 19881.

W A Townsley, The Government of Tasmania (St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1976).

Geoffrey Walker, Initiative and Referendum: The People's Law (St Leonards, Centre for Independent Studies, 1987).

Gough Whitlam, "Electoral and Party Reform", in The Whitlam Phenomenon: Fabian Papers (Fitzroy, Penguin, 1986).

Brian Wilson, "Proportional Representation: A Viable Alternative?" (Public Sector, vol 4, Nos. 2-3, 1982).

J F H Wright, Mirror of the Nation's Mind: Australia's Electoral Experiments. (Sydney, Hale and Iremonger, 1980).


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This is the bibliography for the submission originally written in May 1990 by Tom Round on behalf of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia (Queensland Branch). Converted into html, with very minor corrections and format changes, in January 2000 by John Pyke.