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Future Tenseby Paul Kelly
Allen & Unwin 1999; US$ 25.40Paul Kelly heads a team of political and social analysts to provide a snapshot of Australia on the eve of a new millennium, focusing on many of the issues left unexamined in the last Federal election. more...
Military, State and Society in Pakistanby Hasan-Askari Rizvi
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 165.00This book offers a comprehensive study of the dynamics of civil-military relations in Pakistan. It asks how and why the Pakistan military has acquired such a salience in the polity and how it continues to influence decision-making on foreign and security policies and key domestic political, social and economic issues. It also examines the changes within the military, the impact of these changes on its disposition towards the state and society, and the implications for peace and security in nuclearized South Asia. more...
Keywords in Australian Politicsby Rodney Smith; Ariadne Vromen; Ian Cook
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 38.00Political language is often used without explanation in the media, public debate, textbooks and lectures. Keywords in Australian Politics provides Australians with the necessary information to use these terms with confidence in public discussion and debate, from the dinner party to the end-of-semester essay. more...
Redsby Stuart Macintyre
Allen & Unwin 1998; US$ 50.00The only large scale comprehensive account of an intriguing part of Australia's past more...
Yes, Premierby John Wanna; Paul Williams
University of NSW Press 2005; US$ 32.95The focus of Yes, Premier is on the big names of state and territory Labor politics: Carr, Beattie, Bracks, Rann, Gallop, Martin, Stanhope and Bacon/Lennon. The book includes a chapter on each state or territory, and in each case focuses on the leader who has led their party to power and so created this unprecedented and historical situation. more...
Terms of Trustby John Uhr
University of NSW Press 2005; US$ 32.95Terms of Trust is the first book-length analysis of the role of ethics in Australian government. It scrutinises what actually happens in practice against the democratic theory, and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of public-sector ethics. more...
Limiting Democracyby Colin A Hughes; Brian Costar
University of NSW Press 2006; US$ 13.95Recently introduced legislation and other proposal from government ministers threaten Australians? right to vote. Brian Costar and Colin A. Hughes argue that rather than watering down democratic rights we need to strengthen the key features of our electoral system. more...
Power Without Responsibilityby Anne Tiernan
University of NSW Press 2007; US$ 29.95A raft of recent political scandals in Australia has generated widespread media and public interest in the role and accountability of ministerial staffers, and their impact on relations between ministers and their public service advisers. Such scandals include the notorious Children overboard? affair and the more recent AWB imbroglio. more...
Military Control in Pakistanby Mazhar Aziz
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95This volume examines the role of the military, the most influential actor in Pakistan, and challenges conventional wisdom on the causes of political instability in this geographically important nuclear state. more...
Off the Railsby Margo Kingston
Allen & Unwin 2001; US$ 19.95A look at the rise, fall and rise again of Pauline Hanson and One Nation, as well as the symbiotic relationship betweens politicians and the press. more...









