TY - JOUR
T1 - The australian assistance plan and the canadian connection
T2 - Origins and legacies
AU - Oppenheimer, Melanie
AU - Collins, Carolyn
AU - Eklund, Erik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/7/3
Y1 - 2018/7/3
N2 - Within the context of the war on poverty and an acknowledgement of the wider global phenomenon of a ‘post-industrial society’, the Australian Labor Party under Gough Whitlam sought out a range of reforming and innovative social policy programs. This article explores the origins of one such program, the Australian Assistance Plan (AAP), and its connections, similarities and differences to the Canada Assistance Plan. Drawing on extensive archival and oral history sources, it offers a comparative analysis of both national programs, then outlines how international social planning and community development ideas, especially from Canada, infused the AAP and its predecessor, the Geelong Experiment.
AB - Within the context of the war on poverty and an acknowledgement of the wider global phenomenon of a ‘post-industrial society’, the Australian Labor Party under Gough Whitlam sought out a range of reforming and innovative social policy programs. This article explores the origins of one such program, the Australian Assistance Plan (AAP), and its connections, similarities and differences to the Canada Assistance Plan. Drawing on extensive archival and oral history sources, it offers a comparative analysis of both national programs, then outlines how international social planning and community development ideas, especially from Canada, infused the AAP and its predecessor, the Geelong Experiment.
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U2 - 10.1080/1031461X.2018.1470192
DO - 10.1080/1031461X.2018.1470192
M3 - Article
SN - 1031-461X
VL - 49
SP - 324
EP - 340
JO - Australian Historical Studies
JF - Australian Historical Studies
IS - 3
ER -