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Dumbing Down Democracy
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Artikel-Nr:
9781921844898
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.07.2012
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Lindsay Tanner
Gewicht:
204 g
Format:
196x127x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Lindsay Tanner was the minister for finance and deregulation in the Rudd-Gillard governments, and held the seat of Melbourne for the ALP from 1993 to 2010. Having retired from politics at the 2010 federal election, he is now a special adviser to Lazard Australia, and is a vice-chancellor's fellow and adjunct professor at Victoria University. Mr Tanner is the author of several other books, including Politics with Purpose (2012) and Comfort Zone (2016), also published by Scribe.
'After spending much of my life dedicated to the serious craft of politics, I have to admit that I am distressed by what it is becoming. Under siege from commercial pressures and technological innovation, the media are retreating into an entertainment frame that has little tolerance for complex social and economic issues. In turn, politicians and parties are adapting their behaviour to suit the new rules of the game - to such an extent that the contest of ideas is being supplanted by the contest for laughs.'