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Civil Liberties and the Referendum.
- Source :
- Australian Historical Studies; Mar2013, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p105-116, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The defeat of the Australian government's attempts to outlaw communism in 1950 and 1951 was a significant victory for the protection of civil liberties. Yet for the Australian Council for Civil Liberties, which had fought a long battle against the measures, the result was not greeted with a sense of triumph. The campaign to avert draconian powers exposed a Council struggling to adapt to the Cold War, and revealed tensions in the Council's belief in democratic institutions and the popular opinion that underpinned them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1031461X
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Australian Historical Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 86863829
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2012.760637