Times Will Suit Them: Postmodern Conservatism in Australia

ISBN-13: 9781741756241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 256 str.

Geoff Boucher; Matthew Sharpe

Opis

With the JohnHoward era now at an end, many commentators on both left and right are trying to put their finger on the reasons for his success. "The Times Will Suit Them" offers a fresh and provocative analysis of the decade of conservative government that has radically transformed not only Australian politics, but alsoAustralian social dynamics and culture. This engaging study shows how the Howard government muddled its way towards a political response to deep changes engendered by two decades of economic reform. The result was a melange of imported moral agendas from the U.S. (gay marriage, abortion, stem cell research), and also the culture wars pursued with every major institution in Australian society, from the ABC to public schooling."

Spis treści

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?

O autorze

Geoff Boucher and Matthew Sharpe lecture at Deakin University.