caa a22 4500 388108096 CHVBK 20180307125345.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0008423900013962 doi S0008423900013962 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0008423900013962 Bean Clive Queensland University of Technology The Forgotten Cleavage? Religion and Politics in Australia [Elektronische Daten] [Clive Bean] In Australia, religion historically has been seen as a secondary but nonetheless significant sociopolitical cleavage, in part cutting across the class divide. In recent times, Australian scholars, like those elsewhere, have been inclined to argue that the political significance of religion is a legacy of the past and that religion no longer plays an important role in shaping mass political behaviour. Although class is also said to have declined in political significance, it is still treated as being of some importance as a cornerstone of the party system. However, many scholars seem more willing to dismiss the relevance of religion altogether. Using sample survey data collected over more than 25 years, this article examines the role of religion in modern Australian electoral politics and assesses the adequacy of such arguments. Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association 1999 Canadian Journal of Political Science Cambridge University Press 32/3(1999-09), 551-568 0008-4239 32:3<551 1999 32 CJP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423900013962 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423900013962 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bean Clive Queensland University of Technology NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Canadian Journal of Political Science Cambridge University Press 32/3(1999-09), 551-568 0008-4239 32:3<551 1999 32 CJP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge