Factions and Tendencies in the Australian Political Party System
| dc.contributor.author | Bean, Clive | en |
| dc.contributor.author | McAllister, Ian | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-12T07:37:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-12T07:37:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper uses the 1987 Australian Election Study to examine the attitudinal, social and political characteristics of the political factions and tendencies which exist within the Labor, Liberal, National and Australian Democrat parties. We show that attitudinal groups are identifiable in all four parties, the greatest diversity existing within the Democrats and the least diversity within the Nationals. Substantial differences exist between groups within each party in social background and political characteristics. A multivariate analysis of factional and tendency electoral support shows that incumbency and control of nominations is important among ALP factions, while electorate involvement and party membership are important within Liberal and National tendencies. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | ofSocialSciences,Australian National UniversityandIan McAllister is Professor of Politics, University College, UniversityofNewSouthWales. The 1987 Australian Election Study was conducted by Roger Jones, Ian McAllister, Anthony Mughan and Alva-ro Ascui (candidate and voter samples) and Marian Simms (candidate sample) and funded by the University of NewSouth Walesand the Australian National University. The data are available from the Social Science Data Archives at the Australian National University. The authors wish to thank Ian Henderson, Clem Lloyd and Vance Merrill for help in identifying ALP faction members and Clem Lloyd for valuable comments on an earlier draft; the usual disclaimer applies. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer-reviewed | en |
| dc.format.extent | 21 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0263-3957 | en |
| dc.identifier.other | ORCID:/0000-0001-8448-6738/work/167654100 | en |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 84928846111 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733804081 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.source | Politics | en |
| dc.title | Factions and Tendencies in the Australian Political Party System | en |
| dc.type | Journal article | en |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | en |
| local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 99 | en |
| local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 79 | en |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Bean, Clive; Australian National University | en |
| local.contributor.affiliation | McAllister, Ian; University of New South Wales | en |
| local.identifier.citationvolume | 24 | en |
| local.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00323268908402092 | en |
| local.identifier.pure | a2b7e24d-715c-4167-bccc-45be3b7f96bd | en |
| local.identifier.url | https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84928846111 | en |
| local.type.status | Published | en |