D. O’Reilly 
The New Progressive Dilemma 
Australia and Tony Blair’s Legacy

The New Progressive Dilemma documents the international diffusion, ideological meaning and long-term political implications of the ‘ideas’ that informed the late twentieth-century revolution in thinking inside the British Labour Party – a revolution that had important antecedents in Australia.

Table of Content

Introduction Startling Parallels The Australian Story: 1983-1996 In From the Cold Tradition(s) Betrayed? Trojan Horse Socialism Third Way Policy Journeys Blair’s Public Realm Heirs of Eternal Liberalism Howard’s (Third) Way: 1996-2006 The New Progressive Dilemma

About the author

DAVID O’REILLY was a journalist and academic who researched and taught comparative politics, Anglo-Australian relations and journalism and media studies. He was based at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King’s College, London, UK. He died in late 2006.