Did the 1996 Federal Election See a Blue-collar Revolt against Labor? A Queensland Case-study

In the immediate wake of the 1996 Australian federal elections pundits variously attributed the ALP's defeat to the loss of its 'heartlands', to the party's failure in government to retain the support of 'battlers', or even to the collapse of Labor's traditional blue-collar 'core' constituency. Using Queensland as a case-study, and drawing on aggregate as well as survey data, this research note provides support for claims that Labor's traditional support base deserted it in 1996.     

Satan and His Persecutors: Two Recent Books

R. I. M oore : The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Power and Deviance in Western Europe 950–1250
H. A. K elly : The Devil at Baptism: Ritual, Theology and Drama, Ithaca and London