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From the Hustings to Harbour Views

Electoral Institutions in New South Wales, 1856-2006

By: Marian Simms

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From the Hustings to Harbour Views

Electoral Institutions in New South Wales, 1856-2006

By: Marian Simms

Easy to enrol, easy to vot' was the solgan devised by the New South Wales electoral office in the 1980s. How did this system evolve from a British based model to a distinctively Australian one?

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UNSW Press

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0868409405

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9780868409405

Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

Drilling Down

By: Aynsley Kellow,Marian Simms

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Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

Drilling Down

By: Aynsley Kellow,Marian Simms

Many books on interest groups study how they conduct themselves in politics, and rather take for granted their existence. Unusually, this book examines the reasons why, for many years, there was no global level group representing the mining and non-ferrous metals industry and how the sector found a basis for association at the turn of the millennium, in response to the globalisation of environmental policy and the emerging focus on sustainable development. The associated reconfiguration of compétences at the national and state levels in Australia is also shown to have had important consequences for sector associability at those levels. In short, it examines the changing associability of a business sector at what Theodore Lowi described as three levels of governance: macro, meso and micro. The book draws on interviews with key participants and extensive archival research.

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225

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527578321

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9781527578326

Narrative structure in the novels of Sir Walter Scott

By: Marian H. Cusac

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Narrative structure in the novels of Sir Walter Scott

By: Marian H. Cusac

This book provides critique of the narrative structure, rhetoric, style and language use of Sir Walter Scott in his fiction and novel writings including Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

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129

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Walter de Gruyter

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3111343170

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9783111343174

Elections

Full, Free & Fair

By: Marian Sawer

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Elections

Full, Free & Fair

By: Marian Sawer

Australia was the first nation to invent itself through the ballot box and has become a country renowned for democratic innovations, from the secret ballot to adult suffrage and Saturday elections. Many of these reforms are now benchmarks of democracy. Yet the equity of Australia's electoral process continues to be challenged. Does Australia have full, free and fair elections? The authors of this informative, entertaining volume tell of political forces and personalities which have shaped Australia's electoral system. They describe how Australia became a pacesetter, why it experimented so much and whether the experiments have worked. They go on to consider what could and should be done, and the major modern challenges. Are party politics and pre-selections a corrupting influence? What is the impact of a mobile and scattered population? How widespread are the 'rorts'? Could we have a 'Florida' down under? Elections - Full, Free and Fair is an edited volume on Australian electoral history and innovations, providing a broad commentary on continuing democratic challenges. This well-researched book on democracy and electoral justice covers topics of perennial importance. The project was supported by the ANU, the Australian Electoral Commission, Old Parliament House and the Parliamentary Education Office.

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Federation Press

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186287395X

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9781862873957

A Loaf of Bread and a Cup of Tea

Keeping Your Marriage Alive

By: Marian Olivia Heath Griffin

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A Loaf of Bread and a Cup of Tea

Keeping Your Marriage Alive

By: Marian Olivia Heath Griffin

In the beginning, God made man. Man was created by God. Then woman was made from a rib of man’s body. God did not want man to be alone He ordained a relationship called marriage. Marriage is forever and in right relationship with the love of God. Marriage is not meant to be easy, but with the persistence and stamina and the grace of God, marriage is a lasting and enduring accomplishment. Many couples take their vows and covenant serious as a covenant to God and man. This book is a testimony from those couples who vowed to love and cherish each other for the rest of their lives. This is a model for future generations to live in love and harmony with each other.

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Xlibris Corporation

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179606324X

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9781796063240

A Voice Calls in the Night Find My People Save My People

By: Marian Olivia Heath Griffin

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A Voice Calls in the Night Find My People Save My People

By: Marian Olivia Heath Griffin

IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED that African Americans have been and are still being subjected to marginalized and harsh treatment today in America. We came to the Americas a million years ago and helped build this wilderness country. It is incumbent upon us as a nation to come to grips with the humanness of all people and treat each other with respect and love, acknowledging each other’s skills, talents and achievements. We are a strong nation of people. Let’s not allow the weak, racial prejudicial side of us to rule us. We can only move forward if we have a collective truthful and faithful heart. There is something inherent in all of us that should not be stifled or extinguished. We are all put on earth for a specific purpose. All generations should be given an opportunity to be what we can be as our Creator ordained it.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796079170

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9781796079173

Saint Patrick

Life, Legend and Legacy

By: Marian Broderick

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Saint Patrick

Life, Legend and Legacy

By: Marian Broderick

An engaging and rich exploration of Saint Patrick and his extraordinary influence on the world. Forced into slavery at the age of fifteen, Patrick overcame all hardship to fulfil his calling: to bring the people of Ireland into the light of God's word. He carried out his mission of conversion and care at a crucial time of change, as Christianity spread across Romanised Europe and harnessed existing social structures and belief systems in Pagan Ireland. Patrick met high kings and mythical heroes, Celtic gods and goddesses, lowly farmers and loyal servants, and he left lasting marks upon the Irish landscape and way of life. He was humble, courageous and resourceful, and was the first of Ireland's saints to write down his experiences. Thus began the cult of Saint Patrick, galvanised over 1500 years of devotion and scholarship, and culminating recently in the cheerful 'greening' of the world's most famous landmarks. Drawing from recorded histories, 'tall tales' from all four provinces and beautiful illustrations, this is a light-hearted look at the global phenomenon of Saint Patrick, his life and his legacy, the facts and the fiction of his incredible journey from slave to international saint.

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The O'Brien Press Ltd

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1788491157

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9781788491150

The Cooper's Wife Is Missing: The Trials Of Bridget Cleary

By: Joan Hoff,Marian Yates

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The Cooper's Wife Is Missing: The Trials Of Bridget Cleary

By: Joan Hoff,Marian Yates

On March 15, 1895, twenty-eight year old Bridget Cleary, a cooper's wife, disappeared from her cottage in rural County Tipperary. Immediately, strange and lurid rumors began circulating the neighborhood about what had happened. Some said she ran off with an egg seller; others supposed it was an aristocratic foxhunter who had taken young Bridget away. Swirling amid rumors was the barely whispered, but widely held, belief that Bridget had gone with no mortal man; rather, she had gone off with the fairies. The mystery deepened when seven days later her body was discovered, bent, broken and badly burned in a shallow grave. Within a few days, the unimaginable truth came to light: for almost a week before her death Bridget had been confined, ritually starved, threatened, physically and verbally abused, exorcised, and, finally, burned to death by her husband, Michael Cleary, her father, and extended family who confused bronchitis with a "fairy dart." They had all become convinced that "their Bridgie" had been taken from them and her fairy-possessed body left behind to deceive them. In The Cooper's Wife Is Missing, Joan Hoff and Marian Yeates make sense of this ancient, rarely publicized, ritual exorcism and explain how the incident went on to become a national and international incident. Set against a backdrop of renewed Irish nationalism, a Church crackdown on lingering pagan practices and the ongoing British humiliation of Catholic Ireland, the authors deftly map the dislocating anxieties that beset the rural peasantry in late nineteenth-century Ireland. Bewildered and frightened by the changes occurring all around them, pulled in all directions by their politicians, priests, landlords and English overlords, the Clearys were not alone in retreating to the relative comfort of pagan ritual. Drawing on first-hand accounts, contemporary newspaper reports, police records, trial testimony and a rich wealth of folklore, the authors weave a mesmerizing tale that touches upon magic, madness and mystery as it details, day by day, Bridget's ordeal and the resulting investigation. This is narrative history at its evocative best. It fascinates as it illuminates.

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Basic Books

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0465012086

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9780465012084

Commonwealth Public Address

Essays in Criticism

By: Marian B. McLeod

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Commonwealth Public Address

Essays in Criticism

By: Marian B. McLeod

Until recent years oratory was considered a fundamental component of the literature of a nation, and a liberal education implied a knowledge of the great speakers and their principal speeches no less than of the important poems, plays and prose works. For some time, however, the study of literature has been reduced in many places to just two genres: poetry and prose fiction; but of late literary studies have expanded considerably, to include speeches, children's and juvenile literature, historiography, diaries and journals, memoirs, letters, science and fantasy fiction -- even graffiti and inscriptions. Increasingly, papers on Commonwealth speakers are heard at national and international conferences and found in scholarly journals, and the speeches of famous persons are studied with the same intensity as their imaginative works. As a result, rhetorical theories and communication studies have developed rapidly in order to better evaluate speeches, or public address. The papers included in this collection suggest the range of studies of Commonwealth public address: historical, comparative, analytical and survey. They examine the effectiveness of some of the major figures in world affairs: G K Goldhale and B G Tilak (India); Jessie Street and R G Menzies (Australia); Maurice Bishop (Grenada) and Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham (Guyana). In addition, dig consider African and Canadian oratory and the relationship of speeches to history and politics, concluding with a proposed canon of Commonwealth public address.

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Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd

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1932705767

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9781932705768

The Ethical State?

Social Liberalism in Australia

By: Marian Sawer

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The Ethical State?

Social Liberalism in Australia

By: Marian Sawer

The ethical state-a state committed to the common good and equal opportunity-was a central tenet of the social-liberal theory that emerged in Britain in the late nineteenth century. Here, Marian Sawer explores how the new nation of Australia enthusiastically embraced the ideal. Translated as the 'fair go', and accepted by major policy makers on both the left and right of politics, social liberalism gave rise to the distinctively Australian institution of wage arbitration, and to other aspects of the welfare state such as public education, parks and pensions. For early Australian feminists it offered the alluring prospect of equality with men. A century later, the idea of the fair go may still resonate in political rhetoric, but liberalism has become a somewhat tarnished ideal. The dream of the ethical state lies in tatters, eroded by economic rationalism and user-pays ideology, and degraded by political machination. Has the social-liberal vision of the state as a vehicle for social justice completely run its course? Sawer argues no. Her timely book offers an astute critique of the challenges facing social-liberal thought, and issues a rallying cry for its revival.

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522850820

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9780522850826

Bold, Brilliant and Bad

Irish Women from History

By: Marian Broderick

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Irish Women from History

By: Marian Broderick

From every county in Ireland Bold, Brilliant & Bad draws together the stories of over 120 amazing Irish women. Marian Broderick is back to explore the histories of remarkable Irish Women in history. From creative craftswomen to singing sensations, poets to sporting champions. From Lilian Bland to Maeve Binchy and from Anne O'Brien to Professor Sheila Tinney, these women paved the way for the future and made massive changes in their various fields. Meet the women from history who went against the grain and challenged the expectations of the world. There were and are a force to be reckoned with.

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The O'Brien Press Ltd

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1788490673

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9781788490672

Kickstart to College

By: Marian Edelman Borden

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Kickstart to College

By: Marian Edelman Borden

Starting the countdown to college in middle school - too soon or not early enough? The grades earned in some 8th grade classes--foreign language, for instance--appear on the final high school transcripts students submit to colleges. And whether school systems admit it or not, "tracking" begins in 7th grade--and a student's "track" determines whether he or she will be able to take the advanced courses in high school that college admissions officers look for. KickStart to College helps students build the kind of academic and extracurricular record they'll need, and still have a life. Good planning over the course of late middle school and high school ensures that the college admissions process doesn't consume the lives of teens or their parents--the student is in control!The book helps students use athletics, music, drama, art, clubs, volunteering, and summer activities to experiment and grow, as well as to build a college application that will be a true indication of their special abilities--keeping in mind that it's impossible to build a complete resume in the 18 months prior to high school graduation. It's reassuring and helpful to parents as well as students; college prep and the likelihood of being accepted to the college of one's choice has changed a lot since most parents went to college themselves - and perfect preparation for households in which high-schoolers will be first-generation college students.

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0028643704

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9780028643700

Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

Drilling Down

By: Aynsley Kellow,Marian Simms

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Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

Drilling Down

By: Aynsley Kellow,Marian Simms

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Book's by Marian Simms

From the Hustings to Harbour Views

From the Hustings to Harbour Views

Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

Narrative structure in the novels of Sir Walter Scott

Narrative structure in the novels of Sir Walter Scott

Elections

Elections

A Loaf of Bread and a Cup of Tea

A Loaf of Bread and a Cup of Tea

A Voice Calls in the Night Find My People Save My People

A Voice Calls in the Night Find My People Save My People

Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick

The Cooper's Wife Is Missing: The Trials Of Bridget Cleary

The Cooper's Wife Is Missing: The Trials Of Bridget Cleary

Commonwealth Public Address

Commonwealth Public Address

The Ethical State?

The Ethical State?

Bold, Brilliant and Bad

Bold, Brilliant and Bad

Kickstart to College

Kickstart to College

Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

Mining Industry Association at Multiple Levels of Governance

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