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Why Labor Should Savour Its Greens: rebuilding a fractured alliance
Scribe Publications 2013; US$ 18.99Australia is suffering from a crisis of confidence. Globalisation, deregulation, and privatisation have delivered economic growth and enhanced consumption for the past twenty years, but the effects of the 2007?08 financial crisis, rising inequality, job insecurity, and increased corporate power over voters and employees are all eroding our sense of... more...
Reward for High Public Office
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00The choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing. This book examines rewards of high public office in seven Asian political systems, a particularly rich set of cases for exploring the causes and consequences of the rewards of high public office, having... more...
Davis McCaughey
University of New South Wales Press 2013; US$ 47.99A fascinating and enigmatic man, Davis McCaughey was a theologian equally at home in the secular world. As governor of Victoria, deputy chancellor of Melbourne University, and master of the prestigious Ormond College for 20 years, he played a groundbreaking role in Australian public life. This compelling biography explores the character and achievements... more...
Broadening and Deepening Democracy
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 110.00This book examines certain changes in the political make-up of Karnataka, between the early 1970s and the late 1980s, which, in turn, led to the birth of a unique democracy in the state. In a departure from most studies on political science and political history which pay little or no attention to the role of politicians and focus only on technocratic... more...
Behind The Teak Curtain
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 285.00"Behind the Teak Curtain," the first fieldwork-based study of Burmese rural politics and development, examines the specific circumstances under which one of the most repressive and authoritative governments in the world enjoys popularity in the countryside. The book analyzes four agricultural policies that have been implemented under the Burmese military... more...
The Australian Security Intelligence Organization
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 61.95This book traces the history of Australia's highly secret Intelligence Security Organisation. Established in the early days of the Cold War, like most intelligence organisations working under covert conditions, it exceeded the vague powers entrusted to it. It has been the subject of two Royal Commissions in Australia and in recent times several acts... more...
The Australian Policy Handbook
Allen & Unwin 2012; US$ 45.45A thoroughly revised new edition of the authoritative guide to the process of policy making in government. more...
Nepal - Nation-State in the wilderness
SAGE India 2012; US$ 50.00NepalNation-state in the Wilderness takes a critical look at three important aspects of modern Nepal: viability of the Nepali State, prospects and challenges of its liberal democracy, and strategies for managing the emerging geopolitical trends. The author analyses the transformation of Maoists into a systemic party within the liberal-democratic... more...
The Howard Miracle
The Text Publishing Company 2011; US$ 23.95Every Thursday evening, at the end of ABC TV's 7:30 Report, John Clarke and long-time collaborator Bryan Dawe conduct a mock interview in which they satirise a current political issue or personality. In The Howard Miracle John Clarke presents a new collection of interviews, spanning the life of the Howard government. more...
Belonging Together
Aboriginal Studies Press 2011; US$ 31.99Comprehensive and optimistic, this examination describes current Indigenous affairs policy in Australia, concentrating on the period following the end of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in 2004. It provides a unique overview of the trajectory of current policy, advancing a new consolidated approach to Indigenous policy that moves... more...









