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Exit right : the unravelling of John Howard / Judith Brett
Bib ID 4281747
Format BookBook
Author
Brett, Judith Margaret, 1949-
 
Description Melbourne : Black Inc., 2007 
124 p. ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 9781863951111 (pbk.) 
Series

Quarterly essay (Melbourne, Vic.) ; issue 28. 1832-0953

Summary

In Exit Right, Judith Brett explains why the tide turned on John Howard. This is an essay about leadership, in particular Howard's style of strong leadership which led him to dominate his party with such ultimately catastrophic results. In this definitive account, Brett discusses how age became Howard's Achilles heel, how he lost the youth vote, how he lost Bennelong, and how he waited too long to call the election. She looks at the government's core failings - the policy vacuum, the blindness to climate change, the disastrous misjudgment of WorkChoices - and shows how Howard and his team came more and more to insulate themselves from reality. With drama and insight, Judith Brett traces the key moments when John Howard stared defeat in the face, and explains why, after the Keating - Howard years, the ascendancy of Kevin Rudd marks a new phase in the nation's political life.

Partial contents Includes Correspondence: 'Reaction time' / Guy Pearse, Robert Merkel, Michael Angwin, Christine Milne, Mark Diesendorf, Ian Lowe. 
Notes

Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 90-96)

Subjects Howard, John, - 1939-  |  Liberal Party of Australia.  |  Political leadership - Australia.  |  Prime ministers - Australia - Biography.  |  Politicians - Australia - Biography.  |  Australia - Politics and government - 1996-
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