Labour: the New Zealand Labour Party 1916-2016
The New Zealand Labour Party 1916-2016
$40.00
- Paperback
335 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2016
Summary
The Labour Party is New Zealand’s oldest political party. On 7 July 2016 it celebrates a hundred years of commitment to democracy, social justice and economic development—a commitment that has often made for precarious balancing acts. First in government from 1935–1949, Labour set the terms of economic and social policy for over 40 years only to then struggle to define itself during the 1950s and 60s. After single terms in government in the late 1950s and early 1970s, Labour experienced the 1…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776560745 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776560744 |
| Author: | Franks Peter Mcaloon Jim |
| Publisher: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Imprint: | Victoria University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 335 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 757g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 171mm x 30mm |
About The Author
Franks Peter Mcaloon Jim
Peter Franks has been actively involved in the labour movement since he joined the Labour Party at high school. He has written histories of the Printers and Clerical Workers unions, numerous articles on labour history and co-edited a history of the Federation of Labour. Peter is an employment mediator.
Jim McAloon is an associate professor in History at Victoria University. His interest in labour history goes back to his student days, when he completed a master’s thesis on the labour movement in Christchurch between 1905 and 1914. He has subsequently written a number of essays on aspects of labour history, and in 2013 VUP published his Judgements of All Kinds: Economic Policymaking in New Zealand, 1945-1984. He has been a member of the Labour Party for 25 years.
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