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1 online resource (xii, 384 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-373) and index. |
| Contents |
The way we live now -- Democracy by degrees -- The ew liberal agenda -- Reconstructions: policies for prosperity -- The American songbook -- Reconsiderations: the way we live now, reprise. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Challenging conventional ways of thinking about politics, this ambitious history of 20th century Australian political thought explains how several of the most well-established Australian political ideas, such as franchise and the welfare state, came to be. By examining the impact of these ideas and the ways they have inspired individuals and movements from before the first prime minister, Edmund Barton, all the way to current incumbent Kevin Rudd, this robust study makes what often seems arcane or abstract come to life. |
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Political science -- Australia -- History.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- History.
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Politics.
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Political Science.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
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Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543 |
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Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Moore, Tod.
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Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Walter, James, 1949- What were they thinking?. Sydney : University of New South Wales, 2010 (DLC) 2010413488 |
| ISBN |
9781742232485 (electronic bk.) |
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1742232485 (electronic bk.) |
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0868409715 (pbk.) |
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9780868409719 (pbk.) |
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