%T Taking back control: restoring universalism in the age of identity politics %A Amanda Stoker %I Centre for Independent Studies %D 2019 %K Politics, %K Democracy, %K Public trust %U https://apo.org.au/node/231621 %X In this essay, Stoker argues that what truly ails the centre right is not that it has not become sufficiently ‘progressive’, but rather that it has failed to remain authentic. It has failed to stand up and fight for the fundamental values and principles that have historically mattered to those who identify with both classical liberal and conservative political traditions. %9 Report