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UNINA9910462271103321 |
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Autore |
Edwards Lindy |
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Titolo |
The passion of politics : the role of ideology and political theory in Australia / / Lindy Edwards |
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Sydney, Australia : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy - Australia |
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Australia Politics and government 21st century |
Australia Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: The foundations""; ""1 Values, beliefs and ideologies""; ""2 Conservatism""; ""3 Liberalisms""; ""4 Socialism""; ""Part 2: Forging the Australian tradition""; ""5 Australia at Federation and the radical democrats""; ""6 White Australia""; ""7 Early divisions and 'The three elevens'""; ""8 The birth of Australian egalitarianism""; ""9 Creating the two-party system""; ""10 Trends of political debate: Splits and creeping social democracy""; ""Part 3: 1970s constructivism and liberation movements"" |
""11 Constructivism""""12 Feminism""; ""13 Gay rights movement""; ""14 Aboriginal rights movement""; ""15 Multiculturalism""; ""Part 4: A turn to the right""; ""16 Neo-liberalism and rational choice theory""; ""17 1980s economic reforms""; ""18 Neo-conservatism""; ""19 A new nationalism""; ""Part 5: Our future choices""; ""20 Lessons for the future""; ""21 Human nature""; ""22 How we organise ourselves""; ""23 Environmentalism as a window into future debates""; ""Conclusion""; ""Selected further reading""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Lindy Edwards powerfully shows how politics can be understood as a passionate confrontation of ideas and ideologies. This book gives us a new and compelling way to think about the past, present, and future of |
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