Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull's demise and Scott Morrison's ascension by Niki Savva
$37.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
'How good is this book! So much intrigue. So many revelations. Such a brilliant read.’Laurie OakesIn an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise succ ...Show more
Political Animal: The Making of Tony Abbott by David Marr
$19.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The essential work on Tony Abbott is now an expanded, updated short book - and a crucial election-year companion. Australians want to know: what kind of man is Tony Abbott, and how would he perform as prime minister? In this dramatic portrait, David Marr shows that as a young Catholic warrior at univers ...Show more
Political Theory - An Introduction by Andrew Heywood; Clayton Chin
$61.25 AUD
$74.99 (18% off)
Category: Politics
This leading text provides a concise and broad-ranging introduction to the contemporary study of political theory. Each chapter discusses a cluster of interrelated concepts and examines how they have been used by different thinkers and traditions and explores related debates and controversies. The fourt ...Show more
Politics Now: The Best of David Rowe by David Rowe
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A riveting collection from Australia's finest and most instantly recognisable political cartoonist. This first and long-awaited collection throws us into the grotesque, malformed, and subterranean world that is Rowe's vision of politics now. Enter at your own risk. Featuring all the madness and downrigh ...Show more
Populism by Simon Tormey
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Beginner's Guides
The essential guide to understanding what populism is, why it's flourishing, what sets it apart from other styles of politics, and what--if anything--we ought to do about it. about it.
Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal by Adrian Pabst
$30.95 AUD
Category: Politics
Hyper-capitalism and extreme identity politics are driving us to distraction. Both destroy the basis of a common life shared across ages and classes. The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate these tendencies further, or it could herald something more hopeful: a post-liberal moment. Adrian Pabst argues that ...Show more
Power & Consent by Rachel Doyle
$19.95 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The scandal involving Dyson Heydon, former justice of the High Court, confirmed that the scourge of sexual harassment in Australian workplaces was also to be found in the chambers of one of the seven most senior judges in the country. An unquestioning reliance on the calibre of the fine legal minds appo ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 71: Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman by Laura Tingle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Quarterly Essay
In this crisp and timely essay, Laura Tingle examines political leadership in general - some profiles in courage, and cunning - as well as styles of leadership. She looks at Macron and Merkel, Keating and Obama.Tingle notes that leaders must command not only their country, but also their party. Where do ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 76: Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge by Peter Hartcher
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: QUARTERLY ESSAY 76
China has become a key nation for Australia's future - for our security, economy and identity. But what are China's intentions and strategy when it comes to Australia? In this gripping account, Peter Hartcher shows that we are entering an era of undeclared contestation, whether for hearts and minds, mi ...Show more
Rage by Bob Woodward
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
Bob Woodward's new book, Rage, is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of original reporting on the Trump presidency. Rage goes behind the scenes like never before, with stunning new details about early national security decisions and operations and Trump's moves as he faces a global pandemic, ec ...Show more
Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement: My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement by Jane McAlevy
$21.99 AUD
Category: Politics
In 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nation's largest labor federation, promising renewal and resurgence. Today, less than 7 percent of American private-sector workers belong to a union, the lowest percentage since the beginning o ...Show more
Remembering Bob by Sue Pieters-Hawke (Editor); Louise Swinn (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Bob Hawke's death in May 2019 sparked national mourning across the country as we remembered just how important Bob had been in the shaping of modern Australia. In an age when political personas have become increasingly formulaic and predictable, Bob was a man of glorious contradictions. He was a Rhodes ...Show more