John Howard's hegemony of values: The politics of 'mateship' in the Howard decade

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-230

  Dyrenfurth, Nick ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34249902024     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361140701319994     Document Type: Article

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