Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0773385

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0773385

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A study of right-wing movements during Australia's Great Depression. This project studies the social roots of political extremism in Australia and seeks to explain why decent, law-abiding citizens joined organisations like the New Guard which flouted the conventions of liberal, parliamentary democracy. The project will provide historical context for understanding contemporary right-wing political violence. In studying the transformation of a organisation whose initial objectives were civic and high-minded into a terrorist organisation that contemplated mounting a coup against a democratically elected government, the project will seek to shed light on why 'ordinary people' embraced 'home grown terrorism'.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $82,296.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Australian Government And Politics | History: Australian |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Government and politics not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Australian Government And Politics | Government and politics not elsewhere classified | Historical Studies | History: Australian | Understanding Australia'S Past

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