Direct democracy in Australia: Voter behavior in the choice between constitutional monarchy and a republic

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 862-873

  Davidson, Sinclair ^a   Fry, Tim R L ^a   Jarvis, Kelly ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Constitution; Referendum; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749677663     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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