Governing for the Mainstream: Implications for Community Representation

dc.contributor.authorSawer, Marian
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:22:50Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:12:43Z
dc.description.abstractIn this paper I begin by examining the role of extra-parliamentary institutions of representation within Australian democracy. I suggest that such institutions are an important supplement to majoritarian political institutions in ensuring that 'weak voices' are heard in the policy process. I then look at the impact of the Howard government on such extra parliamentary forms of community representation, drawing parallels with contemporaneous developments in Canada. I find that changes were in fact initiated under Labor governments, seeking to impose managerialist models on community-based representation. The further controls introduced by the Howard government have, however, seriously reduced the capacity of community-based peak bodies to represent their constituencies. These constraints create the danger of a less inclusive democracy, where the voices of those outside the mainstream can be ignored or misrepresented.
dc.identifier.issn0313-6647
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/91629
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of Public Administration
dc.titleGoverning for the Mainstream: Implications for Community Representation
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage49
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage39
local.contributor.affiliationSawer, Marian, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu4016186@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidSawer, Marian, u4016186
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor160609 - Political Theory and Political Philosophy
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub22438
local.identifier.citationvolume61
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0036005387
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByMigrated
local.type.statusPublished Version

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