Add to ORKGThis paper analyses how John Howard uses debates over Australian culture, values and identity to discursively construct their opposite, namely “UNAUSTRALIA”. It deals with debates ranging from foreign policy to counter terrorism measures, industrial relations policy and the banning of same-sex marriage. In particular, the paper explores the relationship between Howard’s views and anglo-celtic identity, social conservatism, the Christian right and a neo-liberal ‘entrepreneurial culture’. It suggests that these issues have been crucial in shaping the Howard government’s construction of an “un-Australian” “other” who should either “integrate” or be excluded from the Australian polity. However, Howard’s declared aim to “change the culture” has ...
John Howard's culture war on political correctness and multiculturalism included direct and indirec...
On the face of it, John Howard and Tony Blair are very different political beasts. They appeal to di...
In 2006, Australia under the Howard government proposed a citizenship test aimed at restricting immi...
This article analyses John Howard's arguments on the relationship between 'values' and 'national ide...
This thesis argues that the key policies of John Howard were consistent throughout his political car...
This article identifies the specific concept of “nation” that informed John Howard's politics from h...
ABSTRACT The political and social reaction to the ‘refugee crisis ’ in Australia cannot be solely un...
This article explores the relationship between language and political possibility. It is argued that...
In his National Press Club Speech, on the eve of Australia Day, Prime Minister Howard used the term ...
It was in the 1990s, following a flurry of the use of the expression ‘un-Australian’ by politicians,...
The articulation of whiteness as a moral homogeneity comprising ‘common’ Judeo-Christian values has ...
This article addresses the comparative politics of same-sex relationships. It begins by acknowledgin...
"This paper focuses on the Howard government’s opposition to the recognition of same-sex relationshi...
John Howard’s eleven-year prime ministership may indicate his success and longevity as a conservativ...
The argument of this paper is that the controversy over the National Museum of Australia (NMA) is be...
John Howard's culture war on political correctness and multiculturalism included direct and indirec...
On the face of it, John Howard and Tony Blair are very different political beasts. They appeal to di...
In 2006, Australia under the Howard government proposed a citizenship test aimed at restricting immi...
This article analyses John Howard's arguments on the relationship between 'values' and 'national ide...
This thesis argues that the key policies of John Howard were consistent throughout his political car...
This article identifies the specific concept of “nation” that informed John Howard's politics from h...
ABSTRACT The political and social reaction to the ‘refugee crisis ’ in Australia cannot be solely un...
This article explores the relationship between language and political possibility. It is argued that...
In his National Press Club Speech, on the eve of Australia Day, Prime Minister Howard used the term ...
It was in the 1990s, following a flurry of the use of the expression ‘un-Australian’ by politicians,...
The articulation of whiteness as a moral homogeneity comprising ‘common’ Judeo-Christian values has ...
This article addresses the comparative politics of same-sex relationships. It begins by acknowledgin...
"This paper focuses on the Howard government’s opposition to the recognition of same-sex relationshi...
John Howard’s eleven-year prime ministership may indicate his success and longevity as a conservativ...
The argument of this paper is that the controversy over the National Museum of Australia (NMA) is be...
John Howard's culture war on political correctness and multiculturalism included direct and indirec...
On the face of it, John Howard and Tony Blair are very different political beasts. They appeal to di...
In 2006, Australia under the Howard government proposed a citizenship test aimed at restricting immi...