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Lisa Hill is Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2011.〔Professor Lisa Hill. Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2015. http://www.assa.edu.au/fellowship/fellow/1〕 She has previously held positions at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2011.〔Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 2013, 'Fellows by name – "H..."', retrieved 13 October 2015, Hill’s research interests include electoral law, Australian politics, history of political thought, social, political and economic thought of the Scottish Enlightenment, the pre-history of liberalism, and classical Stoicism.〔Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. Retrieved 29 September 2015. http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/research/researchers/lisa-hill.aspx〕 She is particularly known for her work in support of compulsory voting〔Young, S 2014, 'Latham's call to abolish compulsory voting is flawed', ''The Age'', 6 August, retrieved 29 September 2015, http://www.theage.com.au/comment/lathams-call-to-abolish-compulsory-voting-is-flawed-20140804-100gl6.html〕 ==Political work== Hill is an advocate for compulsory voting, pointing out that in Australia (where voting is compulsory) turnout has remained steady at about 95 per cent, whilst in voluntary voting systems around the world turnout has been on the decline.〔Walter, B 2012, ''Compelled to Apathy'', radio program, Radio Adelaide, 4 April, https://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com/tag/professor-lisa-hill/〕 She has estimated that were Australia to introduce voluntary voting, turnout would decline to 60 per cent.〔 she holds that the decline in turnout is most pronounced among younger, poorer and more marginalised voters, a factor that explains why there is more wealth inequality within voluntary systems: politicians have less incentive to cater to the needs of more marginalised voters, who are less likely to vote in voluntary systems.〔 Her expertise in the area has also been recognised by the Australian〔Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters 2003, 'Inquiry into the 2001 Federal Election and matters related thereto', Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, p. 248〕 and British〔The Electoral Commission 2006, ‘Compulsory voting around the world', Research report (June), She recently co-authored ''Compulsory Voting: For and Against'' (Cambridge University Press) with political philosopher Jason Brennan, who took the opposing side of the debate.〔Brennan, J 2014, 'Compulsory Voting: For and Against, Now Available on Amazon', ''Bleeding Heart Libertarians'', retrieved 29 September 2015, http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2014/06/compulsory-voting-for-and-against-now-available-on-amazon/〕 The book has been called "the best and most thorough recent contribution to the literature on this subject" by Professor Ilya Somin of George Mason University School of Law.〔Somin, I 2014, 'Jason Brennan and Lisa Hill on compulsory voting', ''The Washington Post'', 20 June, retrieved 30 September 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/06/20/jason-brennan-and-lisa-hill-on-compulsory-voting/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lisa Hill (political scientist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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