Research Catalog

Title

Contemporary Australian political party organisations / edited by Narelle Miragliotta, Anika Gauja and Rodney Smith.

Publication

Clayton, Vic. : Monash University Publishing, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Miragliotta, Narelle.
• Gauja, Anika.
• Smith, Rodney.

Description

xx, 263 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Political parties have always been fundamental to Australia's representative democracy. As organizations, however, their continued centrality and longevity depend upon their ability to respond to changing political, social, and technological circumstances, such as declining levels of membership and partisan affiliation, and the rise of social media. This volume - the first book dedicated to Australian political parties in nearly a decade - brings together many of the leading scholars of Australian politics to examine the evolving role and relevance of political parties today. Chapters explore the diversity of Australian parties' organizational arrangements, the contemporary challenges they face, and the institutions that shape their behavior. The contributions tell a story of adaptation by the Australian parties during a time of flux, one which suggests that party organizations will be central to Australian political life for quite some time yet. (Amazon website).

Subjects

• Political parties
• History
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Australia
• Political parties > Australia > History
• Political party organization > Australia

Genre/Form

• History
• Aufsatzsammlung

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Democracy, oligarchy or polyarchy? Intra party politics and the Australian Labor party / Nick Economou -- The liberal party : electoral success despite organisational drift / Wayne Errington -- The National party : the resilient party / Brian Costar -- The Australian Greens / Stewart Jackson -- Organisational approaches of the right-of-centre minor parties in Australia / Zareh Ghazarian -- Parties and the mass membership / Narelle Miragliotta -- Parties and candidate selection / Anika Gauja -- Parties and representation / Rob Manwaring -- Still in the shadows? Interest groups and political parties in the Australian political system / Darren Halpin -- Parties and campaigning / Stephen Mills -- The virtual party on the ground / Peter John Chen -- Hunting the swinging voter / Haydon Manning -- Party reviews and organisational reform / Nicholas Berry -- Disciplined parties and Australian parliamentary politics / Rodney Smith -- Parties in executive government / Dean Jaensch -- Parties and federalism : Riker, aggregation and devolution / Campbell Sharman -- The law governing Australian political parties : regulating the Golems / Graeme Orr.

ISBN

• 9781922235824 (pbk.)
• 1922235822 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2014471790

OCLC

904576865

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library