Dr Narelle Miragliotta
Tel: +61 3 990 52402
Fax: +61 3 990 52410
Email: Narelle.Miragliotta@monash.edu
Room W11.29 11th Floor
Building 11 (Menzies), Clayton Campus
Narelle Miragliotta is a lecturer in Australian politics. Narelle Miragliotta obtained her PhD (politics) from the University of Western Australia. Dr Miragliotta has broad teaching and research interests in many different aspects of Australian politics, including the politics of the Australian media; green political parties; and Australian elections and electoral systems.
Dr. Miragliotta currently teaches
Publications
Books
Australian Democracy in Action, Oxford University Press, 2009 [Errington & Barry]
The Politics of the Australian Media, Oxford University Press, 2007 [Errington]
Book Chapters
‘Minor Parties in Australia’ in Parkin et al (eds.) Australia Government, Politics, Power and Policy in Australia, Pearson: Melbourne, 2010.
‘Western Australia’ in Marian Simms & John Warhurst (eds.) Mortgage Nation: The 2004 Federal Election, API Network Books: Perth, 2005 [Sharman].
‘Western Australia’ in John Warhurst (ed.), The 2001 Federal Election, University of Queensland Press: Brisbane, 2002 [Sharman].
‘Western Australia: Votes, Seats and Representation’ in Marian Simms and John Warhurst (eds.) Howard’s Agenda: The 1998 Australian Election,University of Queensland Press: Brisbane 2000 [Sharman].
Journal Articles
‘From Local to National: Explaining the Formation of the Australian Greens’, Journal of Party Politics (forthcoming 2010).
‘Western Australia at the Polls’, Australian Cultural History, Vol. 28(1), 2010 [Sharman].
‘From the Gallery to the Parliament: Journalists in the House of Representatives and Senate, 1901-2007’, Australian Journal of Politics and History, 2009 [Errington].
‘One Party, Two Traditions: Radicalism and Pragmatism in the Australian Greens’, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 41(4), 2006.
‘The Problem with Counting Preferences: The example of One Nation Party preferences at the 2001 Western Australian Legislative Assembly Elections’, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 39 (3), 2004.
‘Little Differences, Big Effects: An Example of the Importance of Choice of Method for Transferring Surplus Votes in PR-STV Voting Systems’, Representation: The Journal of Representative Democracy, Vol. 41 (1), 2004.
‘Western Australia: A Tale of Two Constitutional Acts’, University of Western Australian Law Review, Vol. 31(2), 2003.
‘Poll Driven Government: A Review of Public Administration in 2001’, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 61 (1), 2002.
‘Trading Party Preferences: The Australian Experience of Preferential Voting’, Electoral Studies, Vol. 21, 2002 [Sharman & Sayers].
Refereed Conference Papers
‘Occupational Profile of ALP, LP and National MHRs 1949-2007: From Divergence to Convergence’, Paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Queensland, July 2008 (Errington).
From Journalist to Politician: Measuring Career Crossover in the Federal Parliament, 1901 – 2007. Paper presented at the Politics/Media Conference, University of Melbourne, February 2008 [Errington].
‘The Australian Greens: The Radical Pragmatists of Australian Politics’. Paper presented at theAustralasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, organised by the School of Politics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 28-30 September 2005.
‘Preference Power or Preference Bluff: The Role of the One Nation Party Preferences in the 2001 WA State Election’, Paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, organised by the School of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, at Queensland Parliament House, Brisbane 24-26 September 2001.
‘Dealing with Preferences: Preferential Voting and Minor Party Representation in the Australian Commonwealth Parliament since 1949’, Australasian Political Studies Association, Sydney, Department of Government, University of Sydney/APSA 1999, 3: pp 719-728 [Sharman]
Other
‘From Local to National: Explaining the Delay in the Formation of the Australian Green Party’. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association, organised by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver 4-6 June 2008.
The Western Australian Constitution: A Guide for Beginners, the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, 2003.
Determining the Result: Transferring Surplus Votes in the Western Australian Legislative Council, Western Australian Electoral Commission, 2002 (monograph).
Dealing with Preferences: Preferential Voting and Minor Party Representation in the Australian Commonwealth Parliament since 1949 [Sharman and Sayers]. Paper presented for ‘The Evolution of the Canadian Party System in the 20th Century’, organised by the Centre for Election Studies and the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario 3-4 June 1999.