The Art of Coalition : The Howard Government Experience, 1996-2007 / David W. Lovell ; Andrew Blyth (Editor).
| Author/creator | Lovell, David W., 1956- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | 234 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Contributors -- Preface -- 1 The challenges of coalition David W. Lovell -- 2 Coalition 1920-86: Built on co-operation not confrontation Paul Davey -- 3 The Coalition, 1987-95: A marriage of convenience? Scott Prasser -- 4 The recurring tensions of coalition: The rise and fall of three-cornered contests Murray Goot -- 5 The Coalition and gun control Tom Frame -- 6 Countrymindedness in the Howard era Linda Courtenay Botterill -- 7 The right-of-centre in contemporary Australian politics Zareh Ghazarian and Jacqueline Laughland-Boo -- 8 Dividing the spoils: Portfolio distribution -- 9 The Queenslands Coalition merger Rob Borbidge -- 10 The Coalition and the privatisation of Telstra Richard Alston -- 11 Ten lessons from the Howard years Joel Fitzgibbon -- 12 Getting things done: The success of the Howard Coalition Tony Abbott -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
| Abstract | Despite being described as 'a remarkably successful partnership' by John Howard and a 'triumph of trust' by his counterpart, Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson, the art of coalition government is a delicate (and sometimes difficult) balancing of policy, politics and personalities. The relationship between the Liberal and Nationals parties ensured the Howard Government's stability and provided a solid foundation for its legislative program between 1996 and 2007. While the Coalition partnership has been pivotal to Australian politics since the Second World War, under the Howard prime ministership - despite occasional tensions - the two parties changed key aspects of Australian life through gun control, telecommunications and taxation reform, and balancing the budget. In The Art of Coalition, Tom Frame, Zareh Ghazarian, Linda Courtenay Botterill, Paul Davey, Joel Fitzgibbon, Tony Abbott and others convey the complexities of maintaining a strong political partnership, and the importance of trust in an effective coalition. |
| LCCN | 2021392930 |
| ISBN | 9781742237626 |
| ISBN | 1742237622 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| Stock number | NLApp100183 Australian Prepublication Data Service |
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