Judith Brett is the author of the highly acclaimed Menzies' Forgotten People, winner of the Arthur Phillips award for Australian Studies, Douglas Stewart award for non-fiction and Ernest Scott prize. Formerly the editor of Meanjin and Arena magazines, she has been teaching politics at La Trobe University since 1989.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Organisation and the meaning of fusion; 3. Protestants; 4. Good citizens and public order; 5. Honest finance; 6. From Menzies' forgotten people to the Whitlam generation; 7. Fraser; 8. Neoliberalism; 9. John Howard, race and nation.

'This is a book of major significance. It provides an original and powerfully coherent insight into how the non-Labor parties have understood politics and themselves.'  Professor Stuart Macintyre, University of Melbourne

Judith Brett is the author of the highly acclaimed Menzies' Forgotten People, winner of the Arthur Phillips award for Australian Studies, Douglas Stewart award for non-fiction and Ernest Scott prize. Formerly the editor of Meanjin and Arena magazines, she has been teaching politics at La Trobe University since 1989.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Organisation and the meaning of fusion; 3. Protestants; 4. Good citizens and public order; 5. Honest finance; 6. From Menzies' forgotten people to the Whitlam generation; 7. Fraser; 8. Neoliberalism; 9. John Howard, race and nation.

'This is a book of major significance. It provides an original and powerfully coherent insight into how the non-Labor parties have understood politics and themselves.'  Professor Stuart Macintyre, University of Melbourne

Judith Brett is the author of the highly acclaimed Menzies' Forgotten People, winner of the Arthur Phillips award for Australian Studies, Douglas Stewart award for non-fiction and Ernest Scott prize. Formerly the editor of Meanjin and Arena magazines, she has been teaching politics at La Trobe University since 1989.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Organisation and the meaning of fusion; 3. Protestants; 4. Good citizens and public order; 5. Honest finance; 6. From Menzies' forgotten people to the Whitlam generation; 7. Fraser; 8. Neoliberalism; 9. John Howard, race and nation.

'This is a book of major significance. It provides an original and powerfully coherent insight into how the non-Labor parties have understood politics and themselves.'  Professor Stuart Macintyre, University of Melbourne