{"product_id":"the-howard-factor-a-decade-that-changed-a-nation-9780522852844","title":"The Howard Factor: A Decade That Changed a Nation","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hon. John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia launched The Howard Factor on 2nd March at Parliament House in Canberra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Howard's federal election victory over Paul Keating in 1996 was the start of a quiet revolution that changed Australia forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis critics told us he was a white-picket-fence conservative, Little Johnnie, Lazarus with a triple bypass. Instead, Howard has driven a decade of reform, reinventing conservative politics and redefining the national debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this long-overdue assessment of the Howard years, some of The Australian's leading commentators chart the seismic shift in politics, society, workplaces, culture, the economy, trade and foreign affairs. They describe how Howard has redrawn the political map, turning the conservatives into reformers and forcing the progressives to defend the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors to the book include Paul Kelly, Steve Lewis, Glenn Milne, George Megalogenis, Christopher Pearson, Matt Price, Dennis Shanahan, Greg Sheridan, Mike Steketee, Alan Wood and cartoonist Bill Leak. Editor Nick Cater is a senior editorial executive at The Australian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780522852844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.98d","brand":"Nick Cater","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604457746613,"sku":"9780522852844","price":21.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-howard-factor-a-decade-that-changed-a-nation-9780522852844","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}