| Description |
xxiii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Geoffrey Brennan -- Introduction: The Australian party system: durable but how adaptable? / Marian Simms -- Pt. I. Australian parties facing the future and debating organisational change. 1. The Liberal Party 'crisis': prospects for reform / Dean Jaensch. 2. The future of the National Party of Australia / Brian Costar. 3. The Labor Party and the unions: organisation and ideology during the Labor decade / Haydon Manning. 4. Discussing organisational reform in the Australian Labor Party / Anthony Albanese and Sue Robinson. 5. Debating preselection reform in the Liberal Party: the cases of South Australia and Victoria / Nick Minchin and Judith Troeth. 6. The Australian Democrats - a major 'minor' party - face the future / Michael Macklin -- Pt. II. Australian parties confronting the changing social and political environment. 7. Affirmative action and the Australian Labor Party / Candy Broad and Joan Kirner |
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8. Women and the National Party of Australia / Jenny Gardiner and Cecile Ferguson. 9. The Liberal Party and women / Chris McDiven. 10. Political parties, the ethnic minorities and Aborigines / James Jupp. 11. Gender realignment in comparative perspective / Pippa Norris. 12. Is there a gendre gap in Australia? / Andrew Robb. 13. Partisanship and electoral behaviour in comparative perspective / Clive Bean. 14. New campaigning strategies / Liam Bathgate, Lynton Crosby and Ian Henderson -- Pt. III. Conclusion. 15. The legal status of political parties / Teresa Somes |
| Analysis |
ALP |
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Aborigines |
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Australian Democrats |
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Candidate preselection |
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Election campaigning |
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Federal issue |
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Key item |
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Liberal Party of Australia |
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National Party of Australia |
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Political parties, Australian |
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Women |
| Notes |
"This book is the product of a workshop sponsored by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Australia.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1990-
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 1990-2001
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| Author |
Simms, Marian.
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Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
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| LC no. |
97107802 |
| ISBN |
1864480513 |
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