Fear and Politics

Melbourne; Scribe; 2006. paperback in very good condition, pages tanned. 133 pages

Scribe, Melbourne, 2006. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. 'The survival of our democracies depends not on our capacity to hit back at the terrorists, but on our capacity to think for ourselves.' To talk of Australians and fear in the one breath might seem a contradiction. The defining element of our vision of ourselves is… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Scribe Short Books, (2006).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. (vi), 135; stiff illustrated wrapper, wrapper creased, a good copy.

Melbourne: Scribe Publications, 2006. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, covers creased, pencil annotations, autograph (prominent person written name). 136 pp. Dr Carmen Lawrence (academic psychologist and former Labor premier, Western Australia, and Federal minister) argues that fear has been a crucial factor in shaping Australian public policy in recent years, and in Fear and Politics she charts its… Read more about this item