{"product_id":"2026200014446-secondhand-death-of-the-lucky-country","title":"Death Of The Lucky Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia was once celebrated as the Lucky Country — a prosperous, sunburned land of effortless abundance — but Donald Horne, who coined that now-famous phrase, returns to dissect how that luck ran out. Death of the Lucky Country chronicles the political turbulence and cultural inertia that Horne argues stripped Australia of its democratic vitality, culminating in the constitutional crisis of 1975 when Governor-General John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam government in one of the most controversial acts in the nation's history. With the precision of a seasoned political observer, Horne presents a searing indictment of an elite ruling class he sees as mediocre, unimaginative, and ultimately destructive to the nation's promise.\n\nWritten with the sharp, unsparing wit that defined his earlier landmark work, Horne illustrates how power, privilege, and institutional conservatism conspired against genuine democratic progress. His prose cuts through political platitude with the authority of a man who understood Australia's contradictions better than almost anyone of his generation. A work of urgent political commentary that remains as provocative today as the day it was written, this is essential reading for anyone who dares to ask whether the Lucky Country ever truly deserved its name.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216198115547,"sku":"2026200014446-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5917f79b-a266-4171-90bd-7c55f34ba216.png?v=1788405131","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014446-secondhand-death-of-the-lucky-country","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}