Booktopia - On Rudd and Leadership : Quarterly Essay 36, Mungo MacCallum, 9781863954570

On Rudd and Leadership : Quarterly Essay 36

By: Mungo MacCallum

On Rudd and Leadership : Quarterly Essay 36

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ISBN: 9781863954570

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Available: 23rd November 2009

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As reviewed by Toni Whitmont in the December Booktopia Buzz. Click here to see all of Booktopia's Newsletters.

MacCallum is characteristically barbed and perceptive in this, his dissection of political leadership in Australia, past and present. This is both a report card on the Rudd government and a broader meditation on leadership in a time of major change and challenge.

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In this Christmas issue of Quarterly Essay, Mungo MacCallum investigates political leadership in Australia, past and present.This is a characteristically barbed and perceptive look at the challenges facing the Rudd Government and Australia. MacCallum argues that the things we used to rely on are not there anymore. On the Right, the blind faith in markets has recently collapsed.

The Left lost its guiding light with the demise of the socialist dream.In entertaining fashion, MacCallum shows how Australia's history has been one of great illusions: endless pastures, endless gold, a new Britannia, and more. But while our past big visions seem to have come undone, we need a new one more than ever.

This essay is both a report on the Rudd Government and a broader meditation on leadership in a time of major change and challenge. What do we want from our leaders at such a time? Why is Rudd doing so well in the polls? What does he know about Australia that his opponents don't?