The Culture Wars: Identity, Belonging and the Transformation of Australian Politics

Sometimes it seems as if everything has become a culture war. In this sharp, accessible book Tim Dunlop asks why this is so and what that shift - decades in the making - has done to Australian democracy.

Moving beyond the idea that culture wars are a mere distraction from 'real' politics, Dunlop argues that disputes over identity, values and belonging have become a driving force of contemporary political life. He shows how these conflicts are not only intensified by political and media syste...