Crusade Or Conspiracy? Catholics and the Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia

Crusade Or Conspiracy? Catholics and the Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia
Author: Bruce Duncan
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2001
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780868407319

Bitterness over the 1950s split between Catholics and anti-Communists has never gone away. The importance of this book in defining Labor politics for the last 50 years is crucial, and all those interested in either Labor history or history of organised religion in Australia will find it useful.

Santamaria

Santamaria
Author: Gerard Henderson
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2015-08-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0522868592

B.A. Santamaria was one of the most controversial Australians of our time. An ardent anti-Communist and devout Catholic, he was fiercely intelligent and a natural leader, polarising the community into loyal followers and committed opponents. In the 1940s Santamaria created the anti-Communist organisation 'The Movement'. In the 1950s he was a key figure in the tumultuous split of the Australian Labor Party. He subsequently enjoyed great influence as a public commentator on his television program Point of View and in his weekly column in The Australian. Santamaria had a strong social conscience and spent much of his time helping the underprivileged. Although he began as an advocate and champion of the Catholic Church, he spent much of his last decades opposing some of its activities. Published for the 100th anniversary of Santamaria’s birth, Santamaria: A Most Unusual Man is an authoritative biography from Gerard Henderson, a close colleague until a disagreement saw the two men estranged and never reconciled.

Labor

Labor
Author: Jane North
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1980
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

The Constitution of Social Democracy

The Constitution of Social Democracy
Author: Alan Bogg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2020-07-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1509916598

This book is based upon the papers written by a group of leading international scholars on the 'constitution of social democracy', delivered at a conference to celebrate Professor Keith Ewing's scholarly legacy in labour law, constitutional law, human rights and the law of democracy. The chapters explore the development of social democracy and democratic socialism in theory and political practice from a variety of comparative, legal, and disciplinary perspectives. These developments have occurred against a backdrop of fragmenting 'traditional' political parties, declining collective bargaining, concerns about 'juristocracy' and the displacement of popular sovereignty, the emergence of populist political movements, austerity, and fundamental questions about the future of the European project. With this context in mind, this collection considers whether legal norms can and should contribute to the constitution of social democracy. It could not be more timely in addressing these fundamental constitutional questions at the intersection of law, democracy, and political economy.