Geoffrey Robinson (Australia Deakin University)

The Liberal Mind in a Conservative Party

Intellectuals and the Liberal Party of Australia

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Produktbeschreibung

Robinson analyses the peculiarly Australian intellectual tradition of liberal conservatism within the mainstream Liberal Party of Australia. He argues that this potent political ideology has shaped a distinct political identity, which rejects conservative traditionalism, and libertarian economics, while defending a pragmatic approach to capitalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781032432878
• ISBN-10: 103243287X
• Artikelnr.: 72738044

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Robinson is a senior lecturer in Politics and Policy Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Liberal conservatism as the mind of the master class 2. Cold war
liberalism against itself: Peter Coleman from intellectual to politician 3.
Ideas have consequences: Peter Coleman as politician 4. Peter Coleman and
the Australian neoconservative persuasion 5. Liberalism in the house of
government: David Kemp and Andrew Norton 6. David Kemp and Gregory
Melleuish: The use and abuse of liberal history 7. The loneliness of the
Liberal feminist: Louise Asher and Margaret Fitzherbert 8. Flight of the
phoenix: liberal conservatism and political capitalism