A Long March
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Author: Kim Carr
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
In 1975, as Gough Whitlam's government hurtled towards its demise, a nineteen-year-old arts student at the University of Melbourne, Kim Carr, began a long march. Raised in an avowedly blue-collar household headed by his boilermaker father, Carr eschewed what he regarded as the fripperies of student politics and went directly for the real thing. He joined his local Labor Party branch, signing up from day one as an active soldier in the labour movement. Forty-nine years later, Kim Carr is still part of the Labor army. He served in the Senate for twenty-nine years, was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, a secretary of the Socialist Left faction, and a national convenor of the Left. A Long March tells a rich and engaging story about a long life in Labor the often-fraught processes of the formulation and development of policy, the maintenance and manoeuvrings of factions, the personal enmities and conflicting ambitions, the raw use of power inside party forums, political offices, unions, the caucus, the front bench, and the bureaucracy. It also looks forward, addressing a key question: How should Labor argue the case for a workable, appealing, durable version of social democracy for twenty-first-century Australia? As well as a revealing memoir, this is a comprehensive analysis of today's political landscape told through the life of one of the ALP's longest-serving members.
Author: Kim Carr
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
In 1975, as Gough Whitlam's government hurtled towards its demise, a nineteen-year-old arts student at the University of Melbourne, Kim Carr, began a long march. Raised in an avowedly blue-collar household headed by his boilermaker father, Carr eschewed what he regarded as the fripperies of student politics and went directly for the real thing. He joined his local Labor Party branch, signing up from day one as an active soldier in the labour movement. Forty-nine years later, Kim Carr is still part of the Labor army. He served in the Senate for twenty-nine years, was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, a secretary of the Socialist Left faction, and a national convenor of the Left. A Long March tells a rich and engaging story about a long life in Labor the often-fraught processes of the formulation and development of policy, the maintenance and manoeuvrings of factions, the personal enmities and conflicting ambitions, the raw use of power inside party forums, political offices, unions, the caucus, the front bench, and the bureaucracy. It also looks forward, addressing a key question: How should Labor argue the case for a workable, appealing, durable version of social democracy for twenty-first-century Australia? As well as a revealing memoir, this is a comprehensive analysis of today's political landscape told through the life of one of the ALP's longest-serving members.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Kim Carr
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
In 1975, as Gough Whitlam's government hurtled towards its demise, a nineteen-year-old arts student at the University of Melbourne, Kim Carr, began a long march. Raised in an avowedly blue-collar household headed by his boilermaker father, Carr eschewed what he regarded as the fripperies of student politics and went directly for the real thing. He joined his local Labor Party branch, signing up from day one as an active soldier in the labour movement. Forty-nine years later, Kim Carr is still part of the Labor army. He served in the Senate for twenty-nine years, was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, a secretary of the Socialist Left faction, and a national convenor of the Left. A Long March tells a rich and engaging story about a long life in Labor the often-fraught processes of the formulation and development of policy, the maintenance and manoeuvrings of factions, the personal enmities and conflicting ambitions, the raw use of power inside party forums, political offices, unions, the caucus, the front bench, and the bureaucracy. It also looks forward, addressing a key question: How should Labor argue the case for a workable, appealing, durable version of social democracy for twenty-first-century Australia? As well as a revealing memoir, this is a comprehensive analysis of today's political landscape told through the life of one of the ALP's longest-serving members.
Author: Kim Carr
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
In 1975, as Gough Whitlam's government hurtled towards its demise, a nineteen-year-old arts student at the University of Melbourne, Kim Carr, began a long march. Raised in an avowedly blue-collar household headed by his boilermaker father, Carr eschewed what he regarded as the fripperies of student politics and went directly for the real thing. He joined his local Labor Party branch, signing up from day one as an active soldier in the labour movement. Forty-nine years later, Kim Carr is still part of the Labor army. He served in the Senate for twenty-nine years, was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, a secretary of the Socialist Left faction, and a national convenor of the Left. A Long March tells a rich and engaging story about a long life in Labor the often-fraught processes of the formulation and development of policy, the maintenance and manoeuvrings of factions, the personal enmities and conflicting ambitions, the raw use of power inside party forums, political offices, unions, the caucus, the front bench, and the bureaucracy. It also looks forward, addressing a key question: How should Labor argue the case for a workable, appealing, durable version of social democracy for twenty-first-century Australia? As well as a revealing memoir, this is a comprehensive analysis of today's political landscape told through the life of one of the ALP's longest-serving members.
A Long March