Promissory Democratic Representation: Campaign Promises in Australia

该项目旨在调查政治家在多大程度上遵守或违背了竞选承诺。它打算对澳大利亚政治进行新的研究，同时推进一个既定的国际研究计划。该项目预计将产生和传播由于公民对政治家的信任程度下降而迫切需要的新知识。预期的成果包括新的理论和国际上比较的证据，竞选承诺是保持和打破。这将带来重大的好处，例如提高公众对实际遵守承诺程度的认识。它还应该有利于那些利用竞选承诺来预测和准备政府政策的政策制定者。

This project aims to investigate the extent to which campaign promises made by politicians are kept or broken. It intends to conduct new research on Australian politics while advancing an established international research program. This project expects to generate and disseminate new knowledge that is urgently needed due to declining levels of trust among citizens in politicians. The expected outcomes include new theory and internationally comparative evidence on which campaign promises are kept and broken. This should provide significant benefits, such as greater public awareness of actual levels of promise keeping. It should also benefit policymakers who use campaign promises to anticipate and prepare government policies.