Coming To The Party

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: First Edition

Description: 237 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In this lively collection of essays, 12 leading politicians and commentators debate whether the Australian Labor Party can win the 2007 elections. Though accused of having a "poisonous opportunistic culture," the Labor Party now holds power in eight of Australias nine governments, lacking a majority only in the all-important Commonwealth government. Assessing this possibly favorable position, some of the contributors predict a permanent political realignment in which incumbent governments face weak oppositions, offering no real alternative at elections; others believe the Labor Party can be reformed and democratized to make its message compelling once again.

ISBN: 9780522852837