Politicians Using History

Clark, A

Politicians Using History

Clark, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Journal of Politics and History, 2010, 56 (1), pp. 120 - 131
Issue Date:: 2010-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Clark, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-9673	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Journal of Politics and History, 2010, 56 (1), pp. 120 - 131	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0004-9522	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14057
dc.description.abstract	The political potency of national history has been understood for generations. Yet there has been an unquestionable surge in history's political influence over the last twenty or thirty years, as the various history wars that have broken out around the world attest. Australia has been no exception: disputes over its national story continue to generate considerable controversy in the media, in politics and in public debate. But how has this politicisation of the past affected Australian political history in the present? This paper examines how history is practised in contemporary Australian politics - and notices an increasingly strategic use of the past by politicians in recent years. © 2010 The Author. Journal Compilation © 2010 School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Journal of Politics and History	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/j.1467-8497.2010.01545.x	en_US
dc.subject.classification	International Relations	en_US
dc.title	Politicians Using History	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	56	en_US
utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration	en_US
utslib.for	2103 Historical Studies	en_US
dc.location.activity	Wellington, New Zealand
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CPCE - Centre for Creative Practices and the Cultural Economy
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	56	en_US

Abstract:

The political potency of national history has been understood for generations. Yet there has been an unquestionable surge in history's political influence over the last twenty or thirty years, as the various history wars that have broken out around the world attest. Australia has been no exception: disputes over its national story continue to generate considerable controversy in the media, in politics and in public debate. But how has this politicisation of the past affected Australian political history in the present? This paper examines how history is practised in contemporary Australian politics - and notices an increasingly strategic use of the past by politicians in recent years. © 2010 The Author. Journal Compilation © 2010 School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.

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