okwithmydecayUnder half of young Australians believe democracy is always a preferable form of government
DimandUseless journalist. At least link the fucking report. Or I guess don’t because people might read it and make their own opinions.
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It’s here and no surprise the context matters.
indicate their agreement or disagreement with the statement: ‘Democracy is always and under all circumstances preferable to any other kind of government.’
only 1.4 per cent of Australians strongly disagreed with the statement, and a further 5.5 per cent disagreed. Another 26.3 per cent neither agreed nor disagreed.
Big surprise, strongly worded poll gets a lot of middle ground votes, but less than 10% outright disagree with the statement.
Social Cohesion and Support for Democracy in Australia: Assessing recent polling data and frameworks | POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research
This paper examines the relationship between support for democracy and social cohesion in Australia. There is a long history of Australian policy efforts to strengthen social cohesion, including policies since the 1970s associated with social citizenship, ongoing debates around immigration and multiculturalism, and more recent shifts toward place-based and devolved approaches to community leadership.