The brick reading for Week 3 on Liberalism omitted most of the text of "Liberalism in Australian National Politics". Is is therefore reproduced here.
RESOURCES
A most useful resource is the website of the Democratic Audit of Australia here
SOME USEFUL TEXTS
Recurring themes in the course may be found in the following texts
Postmaterialism and postmodernization in
Australian electoral politics,
David Charnock and Peter Ellis
DEMOCRACY - General
Unions: A crucial part of healthy democracy
Australia forgets its own democratic principles (Malcolm Fraser)
John Hirst: The Distinctiveness of Australian Democracy
David Burchell: Why US is the great democracy
Uncle Sam's view: Defining democracy
Some critics claim the USA is not a real democracy
American democracy: key links
Is it possible to export democracy?
AUSTRALIA: The Lucky Country?
Donald Horne and The Lucky Country
Australia: Lucky Country or Laggard?
Death of Donald Horne
John Pilger's view
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA
John Hirst: Democracy in Victoria
CITIZENSHIP
The Good Citizen: Australian Democracy and Citizenship
DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT
Inventory of democratic deliberative processes in Australia (Lyn Carson)
Public Opinion and the Democratic Deficit (Iraq war)
POLITICAL PARTIES
'Temper democratic, bias Australian', 100 years of the Australian Labor Party
LIBERALISM
Former Victorian Liberal MP Victor Perton maintains a useful website on liberalism
MISCELLANEOUS
Peter Beilharz: Australian Civilization and Its Discontents