The Times Will Suit Them
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The Times Will Suit Them: Postmodern conservatism in Australia is a 2008 book by academics Geoff Boucher and Matthew Sharpe. The book argues that for more than a decade Prime Minister John Howard took advantage of international crises and local anxieties to stay in government and significantly reshape Australian public life. The authors outline a theory that despite its conservative background the Howard Government was post-modernist, skeptical of organised politics and committed to policies based on a relative assessment of Australian cultural values rather than more universal international ideals.[1] These characteristics, casting the Government in a "radical conservative" mould, are presented as an explanation for the Government's electoral success.[2]
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- ^ "Conservative Sociology". ABC Radio National:Counterpoint (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 2008-12-01. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2008/2434725.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ Rose, Kate (2008-11-24). "John Howard's time as Prime Minister not forgotten". The Herald Sun (Herald and Weekly Times). http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24698441-5006022,00.html. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
