Judith Brett
Encyclopedia
Judith Brett is a professor of politics
at La Trobe University
, Melbourne
, Australia
.
She was an editor of Meanjin, the Melbourne-based Australian literary quarterly in the 1980s, and was a co-editor of Arena Magazine
in the 1990s.
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
at La Trobe University
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
She was an editor of Meanjin, the Melbourne-based Australian literary quarterly in the 1980s, and was a co-editor of Arena Magazine
Arena (Australian publishing co-operative)
Arena is an independent Australian radical and critical publishing group. It has been publishing continuously since 1963. Currently, its principal publications are the political and cultural Arena Magazine , and the twice-yearly theoretical publication Arena Journal...
in the 1990s.
Books
- Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class (2003) ISBN 9780521536349
- Robert Menzies' Forgotten People (2007) ISBN 9780522853919
Quarterly Essays
- QE 19 Relaxed & Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia (2005) ISBN 9781863950947
- QE 28 Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard (2007) ISBN 9781863951111
- QE 42 Fair Share: Country and City in Australia (2011) ISBN 9781863955263