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Labor's Conflict: Big Business, Workers and the Politics of Class - Softcover

Bramble, Tom

 
9780521138048: Labor's Conflict: Big Business, Workers and the Politics of Class
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521138043 ISBN 13: 9780521138048
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

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

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

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521138043
ISBN 13 
9780521138048
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
236