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Lindy Edwards is Senior Lecturer in politics at the University of NSW. She is the author of the bestselling How to Argue with an Economist: Re-opening political debate in Australia.
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Acknowledgements Academics' Preface 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. Human Nature 21. How we organize ourselves 22. Environmentalism as a Window into Future Debates Conclusion S