The Howard government: The extent to which public attitudes influenced Australia's federal policy mix

Chris Lewis

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00516.x

The Howard government: The extent to which public attitudes influenced Australia's federal policy mix

Chris Lewis

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This article focuses on the interaction between government policy and public attitudes in order to explain why the Howard government was reasonably pragmatic given that it maintained enough popular support to win four successive federal elections from 1996, and why such a relationship is crucial to evaluating policy trends in Australia's liberal democracy in terms of understanding both policy possibilities and limitations no matter how flawed or divisive certain policies may appear to be.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-95
Number of pages	13
Journal	Australian Journal of Public Administration
Volume	66
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00516.x
Publication status	Published - Mar 2007

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