How to vote progressive in Australia : Labor or Green? / edited by Dennis Altman and Sean Scalmer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Altman, Dennis, 1943- editor.

Scalmer, Sean, editor.

Series:

Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian Labor Party.

Political parties--Australia.

Political parties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

Red or Green? Traditionally, Australian progressives have supported the Australian LaborParty; increasingly, The Greens appeal. What are the key differences between the parties? Isgreater collaboration desirable? Is it likely?.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Effect of the Institutional Settings on the ALP-Greens Relationship; 2. Progressive Voting, Party Organisation and Political Reform: A Historical View; 3. Leaving Labor for the Greens; 4. How I Fell out of Love with the Greens: A Personal Story about the Labor Party; 5. What's Left - Progressive?; 6. We're Not There Yet: Labor's Past, Present and Future as a Party of Government; 7. Which Way for a Progressive Voter in 2016?; 8. 'Australia the Beautiful': A Dangerous Myth; 9. Burying Margaret Mead: Environment and the Labor Party

10. Why Progressives Should be Pro-Growth11. Making Progressive Government Happen; 12. Labor, the Greens and the Union Movement; 13. Progressivism at an Industry Level: Reflections on a Successful Unaffiliated Trade Union; 14. Does Turnbull Offer a Progressive Alternative?; 15. Labor or Green: The Left and the Crisis of Politics

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ISBN:

9781925377156

1925377156

OCLC:

951474271