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Introduction: Australia in an age of insecurity Shaun Wilson and Markus Hadler
Part 1 Australian insecurities
1 Trust and insecurity: is economic and political insecurity eroding trust? Clive Bean
2 Minor and populist parties in Australia: does economic insecurity or a ‘representation gap’ drive support? Shaun Ratcliff
3 Attitudes to immigration and asylum seekers in Australia: contested territory or an opportunity for right-wing populism? Shaun Wilson
Part 2 Politics and political participation
4 Climate scepticism in Australia and in international perspective Bruce Tranter
5 Gender, voting, and women’s representation in the 2016 Australian election Katrine Beauregard
6 Battlers and aspirationals: the Liberal Party and the median voter Ian McAllister and Toni Makkai
7 No steps further! Australian attitudes to ‘the right of free assembly’ in comparative perspective Markus Hadler and Anja Eder
8 The collapse of polling as a way of asking about policy preferences: campaign polls in Australia and Britain Murray Goot
Part 3 Changing social institutions
9 Howard’s queens in Whitlam’s republic: explaining enduring support for the monarchy in Australia Luke Mansillo
10 Marriage and happiness: changing Australian attitudes to marriage Ann Evans and Edith Gray
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