Politics & government books

The account of a 30 year political career, this is also the autobiography of the youngster who was born at the start of WWII, who studied extra hard to overcome serious deafness and who latched onto the family passion for current...

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'The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change.' Malcolm Fraser Malcolm Fraser is one of the most...

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Bob Brown has a terrific sense of wit a quality the media grabs never show but which is captured on the pages of the engagingly readable Memo for a Saner World. It not only covers major events such as the Franklin River...

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Robert James Lee Hawke is one of the great men of Australian public life. This re-release of his 1982 biography remains one of the finest examples of political biography.

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The Party Thieves is more than just a campaign diary of the 2010 election; it is an analysis of a tumultuous eight months in politics, and the impact on the party and the population.

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Prominent himself on the world stage for fifty years, Fidel offers insight on some famous figures.

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How is it that Guantanamo Bay, seized after the Spanish-American War over 100 years ago, is still held by the US as a naval base? President Obama has proposed to close the prison for those captured in the 'war against terrorism',...

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This book charts the history of protesters who marched, burned effigies of vice-chancellors, and challenged the University curriculum, describing the way they fought each other as much as the establishment .

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As the 2010 federal election approaches, who better than Mungo MacCallum to guide us through the sweat and semantics of the campaign trail? This typically fast-paced, witty and perceptive account follows Canberra's finest in...

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It has been previously noted that so many people live lives of quiet desperation. Stress occasioned by money in such desperation. The kind of commentary on such matters, provided by self-styled experts, by being impenetrable,...

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Coalitions can be important tools for social change and union revitalisation. Community organiser Amanda Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organisations in three countries. She explores when...

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After a tumultuous few months that have seen an election-winning prime minister replaced as leader by Australias first woman prime minister, many people are questioning what Labor stands for, and wondering what it should stand...

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For more than two decades no one had greater access to Australia's national parliament and its politicians than Alan Ramsey. Informed, insightful and unafraid, his columns in The Sydney Morning Herald were essential reading for...

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Takes readers back through the pivotal moments during Geoff Gallop's five years as premier of Western Australia. Gallop was elected to power after eight years of conservative rule during which the reputation of previous Labor...

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Closely examines Australia's referendum record, and explains why success has been so rare. It includes interviews with leading proponents for constitutional change, alongside political cartoons, advertising and brochures from key...

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Bacevich exposes the preconceptions, biases, and habits that underlie the US's pervasive faith in military might, especially the notion that overwhelming superiority will oblige others to accommodate America's needs and desires -...

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Australian Politics For Dummies is your essential guide to understanding politics in Australia. You'll master the ins and outs of elections, parties, policies and legislation in no time.

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An in-depth examination of the day-to-day life of Australia's federal ministers at work. Anne Tiernan and Patrick Weller discover how a new ministry learns to juggle their simultaneous roles of member of Parliament and Cabinet,...

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From the heady enthusiasm and promise of Kevin Rudd's election victory over John Howard's Liberals in 2007 to the slightly less enthusiastic election of 2010, Alan Moir is the perfect guide to contemporary politics and the (not...

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Written in Bob Ellis's inimitable style, this is a very personal book about a period of intense political change in Australia. The book includes coverage and analysis of the next sitting of the New South Wales Parliament and the...

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The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate is an authoritative work of reference on the lives and careers of senators of the Federal Parliament. This third volume contains articles on the 104 senators and four clerks of...

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Money plays a controversial role in Australian politics. There is a fear that while Australian politics has the trappings of a democracy they mask an oligarchy where political power rests with a few rich and powerful citizens and...

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As Australia moves into a millennium that promises major economic, social, technological and environmental change, much of it potentially beyond our comprehension, Australia 21 has assembled leading thinkers to give their...

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An in-depth analysis of the way that Kevin Rudd's government worked and why Labor eventually decided its leader had to be removed. The background events and policy blunders that led to Rudd's fall are described in gripping detail,...

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Robert Hawke is one of the great men of Australian public life. He led the Labor Party to victory in the general election of March 1983 and became Australia's longest-serving Labor Prime Minister. This biography takes us through...

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