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Australian Liberalism, Past and Present

Australian Liberalism, Past and Present The Ethical State? Social Liberalism in Australia. By Marian Sawer (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2003); 224 pp.; ISBN 0 522 85082 0 (pbk); A$29.95. What’s Wrong with the Liberal Party? By Greg Barns (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003); 168 pp.; ISBN 0 521 54288 X (pbk); A$29.95. The Howard Years. Edited by Robert Manne (Melbourne: Black Inc. Agenda, 2004); 326pp.; ISBN 0 9750769 1 4 (pbk); A$29.95. Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class, from Alfred Deakin to John Howard. By Judith Brett (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003); 260 pp.; ISBN 0 521 53634 0 (pbk); A$39.95. Liberal Women, Federation to 1949. By Margaret Fitzherbert (Annandale NSW: The Federation Press, 2004); 305pp.; ISBN 1 86287 460 3 (pbk); A$39.95. There is little doubt that Australia’s political culture and its institutions have been shaped by liberalism, although the term has never meant the same thing to all who have used it, largely because liberalism itself has never been a monolithic doctrine.1 The evolution of liberalism, its changing nature and meaning, is a theme common to these five recent books on Australian liberalism. What emerges from them is just how mean an ideology contemporary liberalism seems when compared with past http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

Australian Liberalism, Past and Present

Australian Journal of Politics and History , Volume 51 (3) – Sep 1, 2005

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2005 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0004-9522
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1467-8497
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8497.2005.0388a.x
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The Ethical State? Social Liberalism in Australia. By Marian Sawer (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2003); 224 pp.; ISBN 0 522 85082 0 (pbk); A$29.95. What’s Wrong with the Liberal Party? By Greg Barns (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003); 168 pp.; ISBN 0 521 54288 X (pbk); A$29.95. The Howard Years. Edited by Robert Manne (Melbourne: Black Inc. Agenda, 2004); 326pp.; ISBN 0 9750769 1 4 (pbk); A$29.95. Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class, from Alfred Deakin to John Howard. By Judith Brett (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003); 260 pp.; ISBN 0 521 53634 0 (pbk); A$39.95. Liberal Women, Federation to 1949. By Margaret Fitzherbert (Annandale NSW: The Federation Press, 2004); 305pp.; ISBN 1 86287 460 3 (pbk); A$39.95. There is little doubt that Australia’s political culture and its institutions have been shaped by liberalism, although the term has never meant the same thing to all who have used it, largely because liberalism itself has never been a monolithic doctrine.1 The evolution of liberalism, its changing nature and meaning, is a theme common to these five recent books on Australian liberalism. What emerges from them is just how mean an ideology contemporary liberalism seems when compared with past

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Published: Sep 1, 2005

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