The Australian Labor Party
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Author | : Nick Dyrenfurth |
Publisher | : UNSW Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781742232843 |
Celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Australian Labor Party (ALP)-one of the oldest labor parties in the world and the first to form a government-this short and lively book recounts ALP's history from its origins during the late 19th century through present day. The book details the party's numerous successes in winning government at all levels and its policymaking that has transformed lives, as well as demonstrating how the ALP has attracted an extraordinary range of members, parliamentary representatives, leaders, unionists, activists and, indeed, opponents. The ALP has been a central force in Australia throughout the 20th century, and this concise chronicle tells the story of their triumphs and crises, their colorful characters and famed members, and their evolving aspirations. Nick Dyrenfurth is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney. Frank Bongiorno is a senior lecturer at the Menzies Center for Australian Studies and Department of History at King's College London.
Author | : Brian McKinlay |
Publisher | : Richmond, Vic. : Drummond/Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nick Dyrenfurth |
Publisher | : NewSouth |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2024-05-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1742238955 |
Acclaimed historians Nick Dyrenfurth and Frank Bongiorno tell the story of the Australian Labor Party’s rich history of more than 130 years and examine its central role in modern Australia. The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties in the world and the first to form a government. From the prime ministerships of Watson and Fisher to the tragedies of Hughes and Scullin, through the 1940s legends Curtin and Chifley to governments of Whitlam, Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard, A Little History of the Australian Labor Party recounts times of triumph and failure, as well as resilience. This updated edition examines Labor’s recent performance in state and territory politics and takes the national story up to the Albanese government. ‘Informative and insightful, the authors shrewdly marshal the key events, policies and personalities in Labor’s long and lively history to tell the compelling story of the party that has shaped Australia more than any other. I enjoyed it immensely.’ — Troy Bramston ‘The history of Australia’s Labor Party is the story of how ordinary men and women dreamed, organised, argued and raged to form a political movement that has weathered wars, depressions, financial crises, bitter splits, rivalries and betrayals, and yet forged great alliances to shape this country into a good and safe place to live. The story of Labor is the story of a nation that was not born on a distant battlefield, but in the homes and workplaces, pubs and halls where people gathered to make the world better. This enthralling, questing book is not just great Labor history, it is great Australian history.’ — Janet McCalman
Author | : John Faulkner |
Publisher | : Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781865086095 |
This volume presents the unfolding story of 607 men and women who have made up the Australian federal Labor Caucus. It is a story of a century of change, the building of a nation through war and peace, economic depression and expansion, migration and development.
Author | : Australian Labor Party |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : 9780909501174 |
Author | : Ashley Lavelle |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2017-09-02 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9811058253 |
This book questions the common understanding of party political behaviour, explaining some of the sharp differences in political behaviour through a focused case study—drawing systematically on primary and archival research—of the Australian Labor Party’s political and policy directions during select periods in which it was out of office at the federal level: from 1967–72, 1975–83, and 1996–2001. Why is it that some Oppositions contest elections with an extensive array of detailed policies, many of which contrast with the approach of the government at the time, while others can be widely criticised as ‘policy lazy’ and opportunistic, seemingly capitulating to the government of the day? Why do some Oppositions lurch to the right, while others veer leftward? Each of these periods was, in its own way, crucial in the party’s history, and each raises important questions about Opposition behaviour. The book examines the factors that shaped the overall direction in which the party moved during its time in Opposition, including whether it was oriented towards emphasising programmes traditionally associated with social democrats, such as pensions, unemployment support, and investment in public health, education, infrastructure, and publicly owned enterprises, as well as policies aimed at reducing the exploitation of workers. In each period of Opposition examined, an argument is made as to why Labor moved in a particular direction, and how this period compared to the other periods surveyed. The book rounds off with analysis of the generalisability of the conclusions drawn: how relevant are they for understanding the behaviour of other parties elsewhere in the world? Where are social democratic parties such as the ALP heading? Is Opposition an institution in decline in the Western world?
Author | : Ross McMullin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : 9780195534511 |
Paperback edition of a book first published in 1991 to commemorate the centenary of the ALP, with a new chapter on Paul Keating's rise to Prime Minister. Chapters cover the development of the six state branches and the Federal parliamentary Labor party, as well as the achievements of the governments under Labor leaders such as Ben Chifley, Billy Hughes and Bob Hawke. Includes many archival photographs and cartoons, extensive bibliographical details, endnotes, an index and an illustration list.
Author | : Noel Bede Nairn |
Publisher | : Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robin Archer |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2010-09-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1400837545 |
Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party--an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about "American exceptionalism" is untenable. Conventional explanations rely on comparison with Europe. Archer challenges these explanations by comparing the United States with its most similar New World counterpart--Australia. This comparison is particularly revealing, not only because the United States and Australia share many fundamental historical, political, and social characteristics, but also because Australian unions established a labor party in the late nineteenth century, just when American unions, against a common backdrop of industrial defeat and depression, came closest to doing something similar. Archer examines each of the factors that could help explain the American outcome, and his systematic comparison yields unexpected conclusions. He argues that prosperity, democracy, liberalism, and racial hostility often promoted the very changes they are said to have obstructed. And he shows that it was not these characteristics that left the United States without a labor party, but, rather, the powerful impact of repression, religion, and political sectarianism.
Author | : Australian Labor Party |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 69 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Women's rights |
ISBN | : 9780858430280 |