The Times Will Suit Them

The Times Will Suit Them

Author	Geoff Boucher Matthew Sharpe
Publisher	Allen & Unwin
Publication date	October 2008
Media type	Paperback
Pages	272
ISBN	9781741756241
Dewey Decimal	320.994 22
LC Class	JC573.2.A8 B68 2008

The Times Will Suit Them: Postmodern Conservatism in Australia is a 2008 book by the 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 postmodernist, 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]

See also

• List of books about John Howard

References

1. "Conservative Sociology". ABC Radio National:Counterpoint. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
2. Rose, Kate (24 November 2008). "John Howard's Time as Prime Minister Not Forgotten". The Herald Sun. Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 8 December 2008.