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The Australian Greens: From Activism to Australia's Third Party
Stewart Jackson
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Hardcover. What do we really know about the Greens in Australia? Is the party really just an extension of the environment movement, or has it matured to a professional party, capable of taking on the "big boys"? This book represents an important effort to come to grips with this question, by talking to the people who make the party tick. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JPL; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
The Australian Greens has been described at various times as the fastest growing new party in Australia, its forerunner the United Tasmania Group the first Green party in the world, and its former Leader Bob Brown as a global treasure. The party played a pivotal role after the 2010 federal election in ensuring the Gillard Government was sustained for 3 years. Although battered in the following Abbott landslide election, the party has survived and grown, to become somewhat of a fixture of Australia politics.
However, what do we really know about the Greens in Australia? Is the party ... Read more
The Australian Greens has been described at various times as the fastest growing new party in Australia, its forerunner the United Tasmania Group the first Green party in the world, and its former Leader Bob Brown as a global treasure. The party played a pivotal role after the 2010 federal election in ensuring the Gillard Government was sustained for 3 years. Although battered in the following Abbott landslide election, the party has survived and grown, to become somewhat of a fixture of Australia politics.
However, what do we really know about the Greens in Australia? Is the party ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9780522867947
SKU
V9780522867947
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-28
About Stewart Jackson
Dr Stewart Jackson is a former youth worker,public servant, political operative, and now a lecturer in politics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Prior to becoming an academic, Dr Jackson was involved in Green politics for 20 years. During that period he worked for the Australian Greens and its MPs as a campaigner, organiser and researcher, and was National Convenor ... Read more
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