The Australian liberals and the moral middle class : from Alfred Deakin to John Howard

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. Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 Names......Page 15 The Moral Middle Class......Page 21 Labor’s Challenge......Page 27 The Meaning of Fusion......Page 34 The Liberals’ Organisational Handicap......Page 41 Class, Religion and the Australian Party System......Page 49 Fusion Again......Page 54 Loyalty and World War I......Page 58 Sectional Grievances......Page 66 Service......Page 71 Meetings......Page 78 Order and Anarchy......Page 83 Prime Minister Bruce......Page 91 War Bonds......Page 100 Bonds of Honour......Page 108 One Small Honest Man......Page 114 The Menace of Inflation......Page 122 The United Australia Party......Page 126 Robert Menzies and the Formation of the Liberal Party......Page 130 Homes for Everyone......Page 134 Crown and Race......Page 139 The Decline of Protestantism......Page 142 From Duties to Rights......Page 146 Keynesianism, Affluence and the Expansion of Credit......Page 149 The New Middle Class......Page 153 Whitlam......Page 158 The Dismissal......Page 162 Shame Fraser Shame!......Page 166 Fraser in Government......Page 171 8 Neo-liberalism......Page 180 Economic Rationalism and the New Public Management......Page 182 From Citizens to Consumers......Page 186 From Independence to Choice......Page 190 John Hewson and the 1993 Election......Page 193 For All of Us......Page 197 Pauline Hanson......Page 205 Asian Immigration and Multiculturalism......Page 208 Indigenous Politics and the Limits of Liberalism......Page 210 Claiming the Australian Legend......Page 216 Border Control......Page 220 Conclusion......Page 227 1 Australian Liberals......Page 232 2 Organisation and the Meaning of Fusion......Page 233 3 Protestants......Page 235 4 Good Citizens and Public Order......Page 237 5 Honest Finance......Page 240 6 From Menzies’ Forgotten People to the Whitlam Generation......Page 244 7 Fraser......Page 246 8 Neo-liberalism......Page 248 9 John Howard, Race and Nation......Page 249 Conclusion......Page 252 Books, Articles and Theses......Page 253 Manuscript collections......Page 265 Index......Page 266

Judith Brett, award-winning author and well-known Australian political scientist, provides the first complete history of the Australian liberal tradition, as well as of the Liberal Party from the second half of the twentieth century. 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.

Judith Brett. Description Based On T.p. Screen Of 2008-01-05. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: Intranet. Electronic Text And Image Data. What are we to call the political tradition which is the subject of this book?