TY - JOUR
T1 - Defence, the family and the battler : the Democratic Labor Party and its legacy
AU - Lyons, Michael
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The split in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) of the mid-1950s had a lasting impact on both the political and industrial wings of the labour movement. In electoral terms the creation of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP), and the DLP's second-preference strategy, in particular, had adverse consequences for the ALP. This article re-examines the DLP in terms as a political party, a promotional pressure group and as part of a social movement. The article argues that as a party, the DLP was a failure largely due to its narrow focus on anti-communist defence and foreign policies. But as part of a social movement, it was far more successful and its legacy was still evident in 2007, and was found in the non-labourist social conservatism of the Howard government.
AB - The split in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) of the mid-1950s had a lasting impact on both the political and industrial wings of the labour movement. In electoral terms the creation of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP), and the DLP's second-preference strategy, in particular, had adverse consequences for the ALP. This article re-examines the DLP in terms as a political party, a promotional pressure group and as part of a social movement. The article argues that as a party, the DLP was a failure largely due to its narrow focus on anti-communist defence and foreign policies. But as part of a social movement, it was far more successful and its legacy was still evident in 2007, and was found in the non-labourist social conservatism of the Howard government.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/554084
U2 - 10.1080/10361140802267233
DO - 10.1080/10361140802267233
M3 - Article
SN - 1036-1146
VL - 43
SP - 425
EP - 442
JO - Australian Journal of Political Science
JF - Australian Journal of Political Science
IS - 3
ER -