Greg Melleuish
Greg Melleuish is Associate Professor in the School of History and Politics at the University of Wollongong.
- Email:office@cis.org.au
Publications by Author
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FEATURE: Is Machiavelli or Tacitus more Relevant for Contemporary Politics?
| 25 Feb 2013 | POLICY MagazineTacitus rather than Machiavelli may be more relevant to an age of Democratic Caesarism.
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FEATURE: Europe, Rome and Empire: Individualism, Social Solidarity and Decline
| 18 Apr 2012 | POLICY MagazineIs Europe following in the footsteps of ancient Rome?
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REVIEW ESSAY: The Ideas of Politicians
| 14 Dec 2010 | POLICY MagazineWhat Were They Thinking? The Politics of Ideas in Australia By James Walter with Tod Moore (UNSW Press, 2010.)
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FEATURE: Understanding Australian Conservatism
| 04 Jun 2009 | POLICY MagazineModern Australian conservatism reworks old conservative themes.
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FEATURE: Politics and the University
| 12 Dec 2008 | POLICY MagazineClaims of academics bias raise deeper questions about the nature of universities.
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BOOK REVIEW: Giblin's Platoon: The Trials and Triumph of the Economist in Australian Public Life
| 23 Apr 2007 | POLICY MagazineGiblin's Platoon: The Trials and Triumph of The Economist In Australian Public Life by William Coleman, Selwyn Cornish and... Read More...
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FEATURE: The History of Liberty in Australia
| 03 Mar 2007 | POLICY MagazineAustralians have preferred a protective form of liberty.
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BOOK REVIEW: The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries and Political Morality in the Twentieth Century
| 12 Dec 2006 | POLICY MagazineThe End of Commitment: Revolutionaries, and Political Morality in the Twentieth Century by Paul Hollander (Ivan R Dee, 2006).
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FEATURE: Anti-Americanism Past and Present
| 03 Mar 2006 | POLICY MagazineThe recent upsurge in anti-Americanism has a long history.
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FEATURE: Globalised Religions For A Globalised World
| 09 Sep 2005 | POLICY MagazineThis is a time of great religious vitality for Christianity and Islam.
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BOOK REVIEW: Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia
| 03 Mar 2005 | POLICY MagazineWell May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia by Sally Warhaft (Black Inc, 2004).
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BOOK REVIEW: The Power of Speech: Australian Prime Ministers Defining The National Image
| 09 Sep 2004 | POLICY MagazineThe Power of Speech: Australian Prime Ministers Defining the National Image by James Curran (Melbourne University Press,... Read More...
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COMMENT: A Broad But Not Infinite Church
| 06 Jun 2004 | POLICY MagazineThe meanings of liberalism.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Howard Years
| 06 Jun 2004 | POLICY MagazineThe Howard Years edited by Robert Manne (Black Inc. Agenda, 2004.)
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BOOK REVIEW: The History Wars
| 12 Dec 2003 | POLICY MagazineThe History Wars by Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark (Melbourne University Press, 2003.)
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REVIEW: The Enlightenment and the Origins of European Australia
| 12 Dec 2002 | POLICY MagazineThe Enlightenment and the Origins of European Australia by John Gascoigne (Cambridge University Press, 2002.)
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BOOK REVIEW: The Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction
| 03 Mar 2002 | POLICY MagazineThe Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction by Guy Rundle (Quarterly Essay, Black Inc., Melbourne, 2001.)
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COMMENT: The Liberal Pedigree in Australia
| 12 Dec 2000 | POLICY MagazineAustralia's so-called liberals have historically accepted a large degree of government intervention while proclaiming the... Read More...
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BOOK REVIEW: National and Permanent?
| 06 Jun 2000 | POLICY MagazineNational and Permanent? The Federal Organisation of the Liberal Party of Australia 1944-1965 By Ian Hancock (Melbourne University... Read More...
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A Short History of Australian Liberalism
| 16 Mar 2000 | Occasional PapersThis study was written in response to what I see as the misleading nature of the studies of Australian liberalism that have... Read More...
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REVIEW ARTICLE: Globalisation: 'Politics' versus 'Economics'
| 03 Mar 1999 | POLICY MagazineGlobal Nation? Australia and the Politics of Globalisation by John Wiseman (Cambridge University Press, 1998.) Globalisation,... Read More...
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FEATURE: The New Populism in Australia
| 12 Dec 1997 | POLICY MagazineSince the 1970s, Australians have been living through an age of uncertainty or, perhaps more positively, an age of redefinition.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Captive Republic: A History of Republicanism in Australia 1788-1996
| 12 Dec 1996 | POLICY MagazineThe Captive Republic: A History of Republicanism in Australia 1788-1996 by Mary McKenna (Cambridge University Press, 1996.)
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BOOK REVIEW: Tunnel Vison: The Failure of Political Imagination
| 09 Sep 1996 | POLICY MagazineTunnel Vision: The Failure of Political Imagination by James Walter (Allen & Unwin, 1996.)
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BOOK REVIEW: The Right Road: A History of Right-Wing Politics in Australia
| 06 Jun 1995 | POLICY MagazineThe Right Road: A History of Right-Wing Politics in Australia by Andrew Moore (Oxford University Press, 1995.)
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BOOK REVIEW: Black Suffering, White Guilt
| 12 Dec 1993 | POLICY MagazineBlack Suffering, White Guilt? by Ron Brunton (Institute of Public Affairs, 1993.)
Opinion & Commentary by Author
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Students should seize the day, not the decade
| 14 Jan 2013 | The AustralianNo real thought is given to the consequences of keeping young people in education for an extended period of time.
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Learning how West was won
| 19 Jun 2012 | The AustralianA MAJOR feature of the new national school curriculum is the elevation of history to a core area every student must study.... Read More
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Finkelstein would take us back before 1695
| 16 Mar 2012 | The AustralianThe beginnings of freedom of the press can be traced back to the lapsing of the Licensing Act in England in 1695. This meant... Read More
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The Paradox of Australian Liberalism
| 22 Jan 2001 | The Australian Financial ReviewIn colonial Australia the majority of people called themselves liberals and saw liberalism as the means of attaining political... Read More
