Dimensions
167 x 234 x 10mm
Australians are relaxed and comfortable with the Liberal Party. What is the party doing right? What is its core appeal to Australian voters? Has John Howard made a dramatic break with the past, or is he simply our Robert Menzies?
For Judith Brett, author of 'Australian Liberals And The Moral Middle Class', the Howard government has done what successful Liberal governments have always done: it has appealed to those largely uninterested in politics and it has laid claim to the mainstream.
Through fascinating interviews, Brett gets the dirt from ordinary voters on why they are so happy to vote Liberal.
On her account the Howard government is not a populist one, nor is the Prime Minister morally much worse than many other politicians (although he has done some horrible things). For Brett, the "elite" dislike of the Liberals has its roots in part in anti-suburbanism, a theme that needs urgent discussion.
Full of provocative new ideas, this is not another exercise in Howard-bashing. Brett will inject new life into Australian political debate, and with her media profile a lively campaign is assured.
