Labor's Role In Modern Society
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Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
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At a pivotal moment in Australian political history, Arthur Augustus Calwell — the powerful Member of the House of Representatives and future Leader of the Australian Labor Party — presents a passionate and authoritative case for Labor's indispensable place in the fabric of modern democratic society. Published in 1963, Labor's Role in Modern Society argues with conviction that the Labor movement is not merely a political force but a moral imperative, chronicling the party's evolution from its working-class origins into a sophisticated engine of social progress and economic justice in post-war Australia. Calwell writes with the directness and rhetorical force of a seasoned parliamentarian, presenting his ideology with a clarity that cuts through political abstraction to address the lived realities of ordinary Australians. The work stands as a significant primary document of mid-twentieth-century Australian political thought, illuminating the ideological tensions of the Cold War era and the enduring struggle between labour and capital. For students of Australian politics, labour history, and the broader democratic tradition of the Southern Hemisphere, this volume remains a compelling and historically resonant testament — one that raises questions about power, equality, and the social contract that are no less urgent today.
Author: A. A. Calwell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Lansdowne Press
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: price clipped dj
At a pivotal moment in Australian political history, Arthur Augustus Calwell — the powerful Member of the House of Representatives and future Leader of the Australian Labor Party — presents a passionate and authoritative case for Labor's indispensable place in the fabric of modern democratic society. Published in 1963, Labor's Role in Modern Society argues with conviction that the Labor movement is not merely a political force but a moral imperative, chronicling the party's evolution from its working-class origins into a sophisticated engine of social progress and economic justice in post-war Australia. Calwell writes with the directness and rhetorical force of a seasoned parliamentarian, presenting his ideology with a clarity that cuts through political abstraction to address the lived realities of ordinary Australians. The work stands as a significant primary document of mid-twentieth-century Australian political thought, illuminating the ideological tensions of the Cold War era and the enduring struggle between labour and capital. For students of Australian politics, labour history, and the broader democratic tradition of the Southern Hemisphere, this volume remains a compelling and historically resonant testament — one that raises questions about power, equality, and the social contract that are no less urgent today.