The Australian liberals and the moral middle class : from Alfred Deakin to John Howard / Judith Brett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brett, Judith, 1949- author.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberal Party of Australia.

Liberalism--Australia--History--20th century.

Liberalism.

Middle class--Australia--History--20th century.

Middle class.

Australia--Politics and government--1945-.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

ACLS Humanities E-Book XML edition.

Other Title:

Australian Liberals & the Moral Middle Class

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Summary:

The Liberal Party of Australia was late to form in 1945, but the traditions and ideals upon which it is founded have been central to Australian politics since Federation. This 2003 book, by award-winning author and leading Australian political scientist Judith Brett, provides the very first complete history of the Australian liberal tradition, and then of the Liberal Party from the second half of the twentieth century. The book sparkles with insight, particularly in its sustained analysis of the shifting relationships between the experiences of the moral middle class and Australian liberals' own self understandings. It begins with Alfred Deakin facing the organised working class in parliament and ends with John Howard, electorally triumphant but alienated from key sections of middle class opinion. This book is destined to become the definitive account of Australian liberalism, and of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Contents:

1. Australian Liberals

2. Organisation and the Meaning of Fusion

3. Protestants

4. Good Citizens and Public Order

5. Honest Finance

6. From Menzies' Forgotten People to the Whitlam Generation

7. Fraser 8. Neo-liberalism

9. John Howard, Race and Nation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index.

ISBN:

9780511093319

0511093314

9781107126893

1107126894

9780511481642

0511481640

9781280414756

1280414758

9780511180538

0511180535

9780511204616

0511204612

9780511065590

0511065590

9780511307492

0511307497

9780511067723

0511067720

OCLC:

57182374

Publisher Number:

2027/heb93414 hdl