The Fragility of Democratic Reform: New Challenges to Australian Women’s Citizenship

摘要: The most basic institutional requirements for women’s democratic participation in political life have been place the best part of a century Australia, namely right to vote and stand Parliament. Indeed, one Australian colony, South was first world give women both Parliament (in 1894). After independent colonies federated form nation, extended all non-Aboriginal 1902. Although indigenous men had originally included it not until 1960s that Aboriginal from states were be given full voting rights. While many years before sit exercised by Australia nationally (1943) (1959), granting formal rights citizenship has major issue (at least white women) other countries twentieth century.1