Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard
ISBN: 9780511481642
Platform/Publisher: Cambridge Core / Cambridge University Press
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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.

Judith Brett is an Australian political scientist and writer, born in Melbourne in 1949. She taught and researched Australian politics and political history at La Trobe University from 1989 until her retirement in 2013. She was named emeritus professor of politics at La Trobe University. She is the author of The Enigmatic Mr Deakin, published in February 2018. It won the $25,000 National Biography Award for 2018

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