The times will suit them : postmodern conservatism in Australia / Geoff Boucher, Matthew Sharpe.
John Howard said, The times will suit me,' and they did. For over a decade John Howard took advantage of international crises and local anxieties to not only stay in government, but to radically reshape Australian public life.The Times Will Suit Them digs behind the headlines to explain the suc...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements Introduction: A Postmodern Kind of Conservatism Part 1 Chapter 1: Relaxed and Comfortable; Alert and Alarmed Chapter 2: Refounding Australia and Getting It Right This Time Chapter 3: In Whom Did We Trust? Chapter 4: The New Spirit of Howard's Laws Part 2 Chapter 5: Integration Crisis, or: Why Culture Wars Now? Chapter 6: Culture Wars and the New Religiosity Chapter 7: Social Solidarity or Postmodern Tribalism? Chapter 8: The Politics of Fear and the Authoritarian Personality Conclusion: After Howard Postmodernism or a Revitalized Australia?