Ballots and billions
Clive Palmer's personal party
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6235166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenn Kefford (0000-0002-6733-3323, University of Tasmania, corresponding author), Duncan Mcdonnell (0000-0002-0319-3747, Griffith University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-197 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2015.1133800 |
| OpenAlex | W2260092400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 13 |
Founded and led by the billionaire businessman, Clive Palmer, the Palmer United Party (PUP) achieved what was arguably the best debut result of recent decades at the 2013 Australian federal election. This article examines PUP's ideology, organisation and campaigning strategies along with the implications of its experiences to date for Australian party politics. Based on an analysis of original party documents, policies, media communications and semi-structured interviews with PUP candidates and key figures across Australia, we find evidence of a party which is utterly dominated by its leader, which was deliberately never built to last, whose ideology cannot be easily classified and whose campaigning was well-funded but extremely disorganised. We conclude that its experience shows how more professionalised new personal parties in Australia should be able to do even better electorally in the future
Democracy · Federal election · Ideology · Media studies · Party platform · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |