Refugee Rights Policy Wrongs A Frank, Up-To-Date Guide by Experts by Jane McAdam; Fiona Chong
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law, but public discourse in Australia about refugees is dominated by scare-mongering and political point-scoring. The government seeks to `stop the boats' whatever the cost, be it human, economic, moral or legal. In this new book, Jane McAdam an ...Show more
Reimagining Capitalism: How Business Can Save the World by Rebecca Henderson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Free market capitalism is one of humanity's greatest inventions, and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But it's also on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society in its single-minded pursuit of maximizing shareholder value. Rebecca Henderson, McArthur Universi ...Show more
Religious Freedom by Corey Brettschneider (Editor)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Liberty Ser.
To understand the most contentious issues around religious liberty, this volume provides influential philosophical ideas from the U.S.'s founding to the present day and key U.S. Supreme Court judgements to ask how the two twin pillars of religious freedom - free exercise and the limit on religious estab ...Show more
Renewal: Five Paths to a Fairer Australia by Sophie Cousins
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The COVID-19 pandemic has with great speed fundamentally altered the world in which we live. The changes it has wrought are of a type and on a scale unseen by most people alive. We are realising the truths we understood as immutable, the basis of our social order, are not rigid and inevitable, but const ...Show more
Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World by Ian Goldin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
An optimistic vision of the future after Covid-19 by a leading professor of globalisation at the University of Oxford.We are at a crossroads. The wrecking-ball of Covid-19 has destroyed global norms. Many think that after the devastation there will be a bounce back. To Ian Goldin, Professor of Developme ...Show more
Reset - Iran, Turkey, and America's Future by Stephen Kinzer
$39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The bestselling author of Overthrow offers a new and surprising vision for rebuilding America's strategic partnerships in the Middle East What can the United States do to help realize its dream of a peaceful, democratic Middle East? Stephen Kinzer offers a surprising answer in this paradigm-shifting bo ...Show more
Reset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession by Ross Garnaut
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
From the bestselling author, a ground-breaking sequel to Superpower. In Reset, renowned economist Ross Garnaut shows how the COVID-19 crisis offers Australia the opportunity to reset its economy and build a successful future - and why the old approaches will not work. Garnaut develops the idea of a ren ...Show more
Resist! - How to Be an Activist in the Age of Defiance by Michael Segalov; Owen Jones (Foreword by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Resist! is the indispensable how-to guide for people looking to make a stand. Included are solid pieces of advice, practical tips and inspirational stories from those who have already successfully stood up and made a difference. Learn the principles of direct action, discover strategies for tackling soc ...Show more
Respect (In the National Interest) by Jill Hennessy
$19.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
When Héritier Lumumba’s Collingwood teammates called him ‘Chimp’, it showed a lack of respect. When the Prime Minister referred to Brittany Higgins by her first name in parliament, it showed a lack of respect. When senator Bill Heffernan referred to then prime minister Julia Gillard as ‘deliberately bar ...Show more
Rethinking Capitalism: Economic Policy for Sustainable and Equitable Growth by Mariana Mazzucato
$32.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Political Quarterly Monograph Series
In Rethinking Capitalism, leading economists challenge orthodox ideas about economic theory and policy and propose novel approaches to achieving a more just and sustainable economy. * Details the reality of contemporary capitalism and the failure of current economic policies to encourage long-term growt ...Show more
Rethinking Our World: an invitation to rescue our future by David Shaw, Maja Gopel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Reading Level: near fine
A compelling and persuasive look at the social transformations needed to cope with our environmental crises.Our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. On the one hand, we have never been so well off; on the other hand, we find destruction and crisis everywhere we look. Whether throughout ...Show more
Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization by Nadav Eyal
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'A well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization. Not everyone will agree with Eyal's interpretation, but few will remain indifferent.' —Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens Revolt is an eloquent and provocative challenge to the prevailing wisdom about the rise of na ...Show more