书目名称 | Opposition Vanishing | 副标题 | The Australian Labor | 编辑 | Ashley Lavelle | 视频video | | 概述 | Investigates thoroughly an example of a social democratic party in Opposition.Addresses whether Opposition is an institution in decline in the West.Turns a spotlight on the Australian Labor Party in O | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .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 theparty 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 p | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | 关键词 | Australian Labor Party; ALP; opposition politics; shadow government; social democracy; party system; polit | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5825-7 | isbn_softcover | 978-981-13-5501-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-981-10-5825-7 | copyright | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 |
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