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Focuses on the big names of state and territory, Labor politics: Carr, Beattie, Bracks, Rann, Gallop, Martin, Stanhope and Bacon/Lennon. This book includes a chapter on each state or territory, and in each case focuses on the leader who has led their party to power.

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This is a portrait of a great statesman, Konrad Adenauer - one of the great leaders of the twentieth century.

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When the fate of the nation is in your hands, who do you call

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How we strengthen democracy in the face of rising autocracy

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An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them

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This landmark book re-establishes Lyons as one of Australias most capable and popular leaders and reminds us of why he was the first Australian prime minister to win and survive three consecutive elections. Joe Lyons led Australia through the financial crisis of the 1930s up to the eve of World War II. He died in office on 7 April 1939.

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If Australians, Canadians and Americans are, like Britons, living under 'elective dictatorships', then how can their elected single-party 'government machines' be kept in check That is the key question examined in this book.

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The first history and definitive history of the Cabinet Office, one of Britain's most important political institutions.

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US Constitution and Other Writings by the Founding Fathers is an elegantly presented collection of the US Constitution and other significant documents and writings from Americas founding.

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In this well-rounded, deeply-investigated biography, the first full look at the vice president, two award-winning journalists unmask the real Mike Pence.

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David Cameron's Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver takes us behind the scenes of the EU referendum.

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The 2008 campaign for President of the USA has attracted more attention and prompted more people to get out and vote in caucuses and primaries than any other. Vote for Me reveals what it takes to become president of the biggest democracy of them all.

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Originally published in German in 2019 by Bohlau Verlag, Koln, as "Leonid Breschnew, Staatsmann und Schauspieler im Schatten Stalins: Eine Biographie."

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In this riotously entertaining collection of true stories from Westminster and beyond are tales of such political ineptitude, scandal, blunder and impropriety to make even the most gaffe-prone minister blush.

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This book examines how the struggles for democracy over the past quarter century have affected the resilience of states in the region of the West African Sahel. Distinguished scholar-practitioners from the region provide detailed insights into these processes in Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.

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The rise of populist movements, especially in Western democracies, has prompted considerable thoughtful analysis. This book cites the global financial crisis as the proximate cause but finds the ultimate source in the twin failures of modern capitalism and the democratic state to fulfil a meaningful social contract for the vast majority of people.

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Reveals the extraordinary convergence of worldviews of two fellow internationalists, former Australian Prime Minister JB Chifley and Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Both believed in the need to adjust to a changing post-colonial world, their support for the United Nations, and their anti-war attitudes.

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Maori and Parliament is a collection of nineteen presentations and papers from twenty-one academics, political commentators and current and former parliamentarians and is the result of the Maori and Parliament conference held at Parliament in May 2009.