Looking for the Light on the Hill : Modern Labor's Challenges

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781921844379
• ISBN10: 192184437X
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Scribe Pubns Pty Ltd

Summary

Despite being represented in the government, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) finds itself in a predicament today. Reduced to minority government after just one term and tanking in the opinion polls, it requires a new vision. Arguing that the party's effectiveness and political purpose has been undermined by leadership anxiety and identity crisis, this book shows how the ALP can get its mojo back with fresh ideas, a new strategy, and a refreshing of its values for the modern era. Written by party insider and Rudd government advisor Troy Bramston, this account examines the ALP from the inside and outlines a series of reforms to increase party membership and boost engagement with the community and party activists.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Modern Labor's Challenges	p. 23
Losing the Light on the Hill	p. 59
Leadership Anxiety	p. 93
Identity Crisis	p. 129
Reforming the Party of Reform	p. 201
Epilogue	p. 251
A modern mission-statement for the Labor Party	p. 259
Polling on Labor's identity crisis	p. 263
Acknowledgements	p. 265
Index	p. 267
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