The Australian Assistance Plan and the Canadian connection: Origins and legacies

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dc.contributor.authorOppenheimer, M.
dc.contributor.authorCollins, C.
dc.contributor.authorEklund, E.
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionPublished online: 24 Jun 2018
dc.description.abstractWithin 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.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMelanie Oppenheimer , Carolyn Collins and Erik Eklund
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Historical Studies, 2018; 49(3):324-340
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1031461X.2018.1470192
dc.identifier.issn1031-461X
dc.identifier.issn1940-5049
dc.identifier.orcidCollins, C. [0000-0003-2268-3546]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/114733
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103022
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dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/1031461x.2018.1470192
dc.titleThe Australian Assistance Plan and the Canadian connection: Origins and legacies
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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