"People Power": social planners and conflicting memories of the Australian Assistance Plan

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dc.contributor.authorCollins, C.
dc.contributor.authorOppenheimer, M.
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe Australian Assistance Plan (AAP), Gough Whitlam’s controversial programme of social welfare reform in the 1970s, was promoted as a national experiment in “people power.” But the outpouring of often highly critical evaluations during and immediately after its brief existence failed to take into account the experiences of the programme’s grassroots workers. This article focuses on the oral history component of a wider history of the AAP, and on those employed to realise Whitlam’s vision – the social planners – comparing their backgrounds, roles, expectations, and frequently conflicting experiences as they shaped, and were shaped by, this “bold but crazy” experiment.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityCarolyn Collins Melanie Oppenheimer
dc.identifier.citationLabour History: a journal of labour and social history, 2019; 116(116):189-213
dc.identifier.doi10.3828/jlh.2019.9
dc.identifier.issn0023-6942
dc.identifier.issn1839-3039
dc.identifier.orcidCollins, C. [0000-0003-2268-3546]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/125601
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAustralian Society for the Study of Labour History
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103022
dc.rights© Liverpool University Press
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.3828/jlh.2019.9
dc.subjectAustralian Assistance Plan; oral history, Social Planning, Social Welfare Policy; Whitlam era
dc.title"People Power": social planners and conflicting memories of the Australian Assistance Plan
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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