The New Progressive Dilemma: Australia and Tony Blair's Legacy / Edition 1

by D. O'Reilly

Overview

The New Progressive Dilemma documents the international diffusion, ideological meaning and long-term political implications of the 'ideas' that informed the late twentieth-century revolution in thinking inside the British Labour Party - a revolution that had important antecedents in Australia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230006553
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/12/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

DAVID O'REILLY was a journalist and academic who researched and taught comparative politics, Anglo-Australian relations and journalism and media studies. He was based at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College, London, UK. He died in late 2006.

Table of Contents

Introduction Startling Parallels The Australian Story: 1983-1996 In From the Cold Tradition(s) Betrayed? Trojan Horse Socialism Third Way Policy Journeys Blair's Public Realm Heirs of Eternal Liberalism Howard's (Third) Way: 1996-2006 The New Progressive Dilemma