Contributors
Preface
1 The challenges of coalition David W. Lovell
2 Coalition 1920-86: Built on co-operation not confrontation Paul Davey
3 The Coalition, 1987-95: A marriage of convenience? Scott Prasser
4 The recurring tensions of coalition: The rise and fall of three-cornered contests Murray Goot
5 The Coalition and gun control Tom Frame
6 Countrymindedness in the Howard era Linda Courtenay Botterill
7 The right-of-centre in contemporary Australian politics Zareh Ghazarian and Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ
8 Dividing the spoils: Portfolio distribution
9 The Queenslands Coalition merger Rob Borbidge
10 The Coalition and the privatisation of Telstra Richard Alston
11 Ten lessons from the Howard years Joel Fitzgibbon
12 Getting things done: The success of the Howard Coalition Tony Abbott
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index.