A01=James Walter
Author_James Walter
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Product details
- ISBN 9780868409719
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 152 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2010
- Publisher: UNSW Press
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
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Ideas are at the heart of our politics. They are the means by which people are influenced and mobilised. Australian politics have been shaped by distinctive patterns of political thought from the colonial period to the Rudd government. But how have these patterns arisen? And what have been their effects on shaping what we think is politically possible or desirable? This book is not a survey of theory but an invigorating history of people trying to make sense of their world, fighting to establish the principles governing the way politics is pursued and justifying their own perspectives. What Were They Thinking? is a compelling story of winners and losers, of individuals interpreting and trying to influence their times, and of how ideas and power are linked.
James Walter is Pro-Vice Chancellor (Arts, Teaching and Learning) at Griffith University. He has published widely on Australian politics, history, biography and culture - among his books are The Leader: A Political Biography of Gough Whitlam (1980). Professor Walter is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and of the Royal Society for Arts and Manufactures (London). Margaret MacLeod teaches Australian Studies at Griffith University and is presently a Learning Adviser in the University's Learning Assistance Unit.
