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The Manner of Their Going

Prime Ministerial Exits in Australia

By: Norman Abjorensen

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The Manner of Their Going

Prime Ministerial Exits in Australia

By: Norman Abjorensen

For those who want to understand Australia's Westminster style politics. Why does Australia change its prime ministers so often? Here is the story of how all twenty-nine former prime ministers lost their jobs.

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1925984060

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9781925984064

A Ridiculous Man

Donald Trump And the Verdict of History

By: Norman Abjorensen

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Donald Trump And the Verdict of History

By: Norman Abjorensen

The election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States in 2016 was a pivotal moment not just for America but for the world. A celebrity rather than a politician, Trump promised to turn politics on its head – and he did. But was he an aberration or did he represent a continuity of forces already in play? Who was he, where did he come from, and what did he do? These are questions future historians will ask as they grapple with the meaning of Trump, the implications of his presidency, and his place in history.

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Australian Scholarly Publishing

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1922454028

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9781922454027

Historical Dictionary of Popular Music

By: Norman Abjorensen

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Historical Dictionary of Popular Music

By: Norman Abjorensen

This book seeks to trace the rise of popular music, identify its key figures and track the origins and development of its multiple genres and styles, all the while seeking to establish historical context. It is, fundamentally, a ready reference guide to the broad field of popular music over the past two centuries. It has become a truism that popular music, so pervasive in the modern world, constitutes a soundtrack to our lives – a constant though changing presence as we cross thresholds and grow from children to teenagers to adults. But it has become more than a soundtrack; it has become a narrative. Not just an accompaniment to our daily lives but incorporating our lives, our sense of identity, our lived experiences, into it. We have become part of the music just as the music has become part of us. The Historical Dictionary of Popular Music contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on major figures across genres, definitions of genres, technical innovations and surveys of countries and regions. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about popular music.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538102153

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9781538102152

Historical Dictionary of Australia

By: Norman Abjorensen,James C. Docherty

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Historical Dictionary of Australia

By: Norman Abjorensen,James C. Docherty

Australia’s development, from the most unpromising of beginnings as a British prison in 1788 to the prosperous liberal democracy of the present is as remarkable as is its success as a country of large-scale immigration. Since 1942 it has been a loyal ally of the United States and has demonstrated this loyalty by contributing troops to the war in Vietnam and by being part of the “coalition of the willing” in the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and in operations in Afghanistan. In recent years, it has also been more willing to promote peace and democracy in its Pacific and Asian neighbors. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Australia covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Australia.

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1442245026

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Historical Dictionary of Democracy

By: Norman Abjorensen

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Historical Dictionary of Democracy

By: Norman Abjorensen

Democracy is easy to talk about but hard to define in other than broad generalizations; its history is a long, complex, and contested subject. What this volume seeks to do is to explore the general evolution of political and social thinking that would eventually coalesce into what we now know as democracy, for all its imperfections and shortcomings. The question of just why some societies evolved into a democratic trajectory and others did not continues to engage the interest of historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists. Much conjecture surrounds the rise of certain elements we now recognize if not as democratic, then proto-democratic, such as collective decision-making, constraints on the exercise of power and a degree of accountability of the ruler to the ruled. If democracy in the sense of “rule by the people” has two essential qualities – rule by the majority and the equal treatment of free citizens - then its origins, however feeble, are to be found in these early examples of government. Historical Dictionary of Democracy contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about democracy.

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1538120747

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9781538120743

Australia

The State of Democracy

By: Marian Sawer,Norman Abjorensen,Philip Larkin

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Australia

The State of Democracy

By: Marian Sawer,Norman Abjorensen,Philip Larkin

On many criteria, Australia has been a pioneering democracy. As one of the oldest continuing democracies, however, a health check has long been overdue. Since 2002 the Democratic Audit of Australia, a major democracy assessment project, has been applying an internationally tested set of indicators to Australian political institutions and practices.The indicators derive from four basic principles--political equality, popular control of government, civil liberties and human rights and the quality of public deliberation. Comparative data are taken from Australia's nine jurisdictions, as well as from three comparator democracies, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for reform.Some of the findings are disturbing. For example, Australia has fallen well behind in the regulation of private money in elections and in controlling the use of government or parliamentary resources for partisan benefit. Transparency and accountability have suffered from relatively weak FOI regimes and from executive dominance of parliaments.For those studying democracy or wanting to reform Australian politics, The State of Democracy provides a wealth of evidence in a well-illustrated and highly accessible format. Internationally, it is an important contribution to the democracy assessment literature and pushes into new areas such as the intergovernmental decision-making of federalism.

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Federation Press

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1862877254

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Historical Dictionary of Democracy

By: Norman Abjorensen

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Historical Dictionary of Popular Music

By: Norman Abjorensen

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A Ridiculous Man

Donald Trump And the Verdict of History

By: Norman Abjorensen

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Donald Trump And the Verdict of History

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The State of Democracy

By: Marian Sawer,Norman Abjorensen,Philip Larkin

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The State of Democracy

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John Hewson

A Biography

By: Norman Abjorensen

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John Hewson

A Biography

By: Norman Abjorensen

Biography of the Liberal Party leader, a self-made man of driving ambition who is shown to have overcome diffidence and self doubt in achieving academic, business and political success. The author presents him as a personable but formidable man with a ruthless determination to achieve his goals.

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