Consent of the People: Human Dignity through Freedom and Equality 1966-2022 by David Kemp
$59.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Australian Liberalism Ser.
David Kemp's masterly account of the story of Australian liberalism after MenziesConsent of the People- Human Dignity through Freedom and Equality 1966-2021 explores how Australia's founding Enlightenment ideals were embodied in democratic institutions and shared values, and shaped into a unique nationa ...Show more
Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers by Chris Wallace
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics.In 2011, Chris Wallace was writing a biography of Julia Gillard. After seeing the unparalleled onslaught from the Abbott opposition, she cancelled her contract and repaid her advance with the awareness of how ...Show more
Women and Whitlam: Revisiting the revolution by ARROW, MICHELLE
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The Whitlam government transformed Australia. And yet the scope and scale of the reforms for Australian women are often overlooked.The Whitlam government of 1972–75 appointed a women’s advisor to national government — a world first — and reopened the equal pay case. It extended the minimum wage for wome ...Show more
The US Lobby and Australian Defence Policy by Vince Scappatura
$39.95 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Australian Studies
Australian society and its leaders generally take for granted the importance and value of this nations relationship with the United States. The US is commonly thought of as the worlds great purveyor of liberal values and the rule of law, and as a powerful friend indispensable to Australian security. In ...Show more
The No-State Solution - A Jewish Manifesto by Daniel Boyarin
$41.95 AUD
Category: Politics
A provocative manifesto, arguing for a new understanding of the Jews' peoplehoodToday there are two seemingly mutually exclusive notions of what "the Jews" are: either a religion or a nation/ethnicity. The widespread conception is that the Jews were formerly either a religious community in exile or a na ...Show more
Albanese Telling it Straight by Karen Middleton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The moving personal story behind the very public political face of Labor's Anthony Albanese, written with the cooperation of Albo. As much a window on the recent turbulent years of politics u from the man who was often in the middle of the room where everything was happening, and who became the Deputy P ...Show more
Stronger Together by Hillary Rodham Clinton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
For more than a year, Hillary Clinton has laid out an ambitious agenda to improve the lives of the American people and make our country stronger and safer. "Stronger Together" presents that agenda in full, relating stories from the American people and outlining the Clinton/Kaine campaign s plans on ever ...Show more
The Destruction of Hillary Clinton by Susan Bordo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
The result of the 2016 presidential election was widely thought to be a foregone conclusion: a historic victory for an extraordinarily well-qualified, experienced and admired candidate against an opponent seen as not just unelectable but unfit for office. As we know, it didn't work out like that. So how ...Show more
Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
'Feisty and inquisitive - a fresh take on modern feminist issues.' Julia GillardAustralian women are suffering from a crisis of confidence about work. Accustomed to being overlooked and undervalued, even when women do get to the top, they explain their success away as 'luck'. But it's not.Not Just Lucky ...Show more
Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A landmark book - the first full political history of AustraliaIn this compelling and comprehensive work, renowned historian Frank Bongiorno presents a social and cultural history of Australia's political life, from pre-settlement Indigenous systems to the present day. Depicting a wonderful parade of d ...Show more
21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
$19.95 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more
No Logo by Naomi Klein
$19.99 AUD
Category: Politics
NO LOGO was an international bestseller and "a movement bible" (The New York Times). Naomi Klein's second book, The Shock Doctrine, was hailed as a "master narrative of our time," and has over a million copies in print worldwide. In the last decade, No Logo has become an international phenomenon and a ...Show more