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The making of a nation: Who voted for Australian federation?

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Between 1898 and 1900, six British colonies held referendums on whether or not to join together as states in a federal Australia. We focus on New South Wales, which was pivotal to the affirmative result. We associate the share of ‘yes’ votes at the polling booth level with a range of county‐level characteristics.
Rohan Alexander, Timothy J. Hatton
wiley   +1 more source

Neoliberalism and Globalization Are Not Undermining Democracy: Panel Evidence From More Than 140 Countries, 1980–2022

open access: yesThe American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rise of neoliberal reforms in the period of globalization is often claimed to be linked with wider outcomes, such as increased inequality, unemployment, and different cultural grievances. Because of these economic and cultural concerns, voters might seek solutions to their ostensible problems by turning to illiberal populist parties, which
Stefani Branilović, Tibor Rutar
wiley   +1 more source

“We, to Them, Are Their Heroes”: Narratives of Rescue in White Australian Veterans' Memories of the Vietnamese

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
This article examines white Australian veterans' views and memories of Vietnamese people in three stages: during the war, after the Fall of Saigon, and upon return to Vietnam. Drawing on original oral histories with veterans who returned to Vietnam, this article shows that veterans' characterisations of Vietnamese were fundamentally about defining ...
Mia Martin Hobbs
wiley   +1 more source

Pimps, Star Chambers, Ratbags, and Westphalians: The Rhetoric of Reaction and Racial Discrimination in Australia, 1975–1995

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Australian public debates about race have featured intense contests about free speech and identity, including about the federal Racial Discrimination Act (RDA). While these developments may be understood as reflecting the contemporary ascendency of “culture war” politics, they may in fact follow a familiar pattern of political contestation around ...
Tim Soutphommasane   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Austerity, economic vulnerability, and populism

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Governments have repeatedly adjusted fiscal policy in recent decades. We examine the political effects of these adjustments in Europe since the 1990s using both district‐level election outcomes and individual‐level voting data. We expect austerity to increase populist votes, but only among economically vulnerable voters, who are hit the ...
Leonardo Baccini, Thomas Sattler
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the gulf: How migration fosters tolerance, cosmopolitanism, and support for globalization

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigration has been shown to drive ethnocentrism and anti‐globalization attitudes in native‐born populations. Yet understanding how global integration shapes intercultural relations also necessitates clear evidence on how migration affects the attitudes of migrants.
Nikhar Gaikwad, Kolby Hanson, Aliz Tóth
wiley   +1 more source

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