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John Howard, Economic Liberalism, Social Conservatism, and Australian Federalism
Author(s) -
Hollander Robyn
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australian journal of politics and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-8497
pISSN - 0004-9522
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2008.00486.x
Subject(s) - liberalism , federalism , conservatism , sympathy , state (computer science) , power (physics) , economic liberalism , liberal party , political economy , government (linguistics) , identity (music) , political science , sociology , economic history , law , economics , politics , philosophy , psychology , social psychology , linguistics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , aesthetics
The Howard era saw a further accumulation of power in Canberra and continued the marginalisation of the States. This essay locates John Howard within Liberal Party tradition and examines the way in which his own values shaped his approach to federalism. Howard identified himself as an economic liberal and as a social conservative (although he might be better thought of as a social liberal.) His commitment to small government and a single market unimpeded by state borders together with his lack of sympathy with regional identity had important consequences for the evolution of the Australian federation after 1996.