Labor's Conflict

Big Business, Workers and the Politics of Class
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-521-13804-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Once widely regarded as the workers greatest hope for a better world, the ALP today would rather project itself as a responsible manager of Australian capitalism. Labor's Conflict provides an insightful account of the transformations in the Party's policies, performance and structures since its formation. Seasoned political analysts, Tom Bramble and Rick Kuhn offer an incisive appraisal of the Party's successes and failures, betrayals and electoral triumphs in terms of its competing ties with bosses and workers. The early chapters outline diverse approaches to understanding the nature of the Party and then assess the ALP's evolution in response to major social upheavals and events, from the strikes of the 1890s, through two World Wars, the Great Depression, and the post-war boom. The records of the Whitlam, Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments are then dissected in detail. The compelling conclusion offers alternatives to the Australian Labor Party, for those interested in progressive change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bramble, Tom

Kuhn, Rick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Introduction; 1. Labor's love lost; 2. In the beginning; 3. Between the wars; 4. Hot war, cold war, split; 5. Labor after seventy years; 6. The Whitlam era; 7. Economic rationalism under Hawke and Keating; 8. Labor in the wilderness; 9. The Rudd-Gillard Government; 10. The Labor Party today: what's left; Notes; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Kuhn, Rick
Dr Rick Kuhn is Reader in political science at Australian National University's School of Politics and International Relations.

Bramble, Tom
Dr Tom Bramble is Senior Lecturer in industrial relations at The University of Queensland's Business School.