Focusing on the Australian parliament, the book analyzes its role and effectiveness while advocating for necessary reforms. It presents a thorough evaluation of current practices and offers insights into potential improvements, aiming to enhance the functioning of the parliamentary system.
Focusing on the Australian parliament, the book critically examines its role and effectiveness, highlighting areas that require improvement. It presents a persuasive argument for reform, addressing the challenges faced by the institution and proposing solutions to enhance its functionality and accountability. The analysis offers insights into the political landscape of Australia, making it a significant read for those interested in governance and legislative processes.
Focusing on the practical application of democratic theory, this analysis explores the strengths and weaknesses of public sector ethics within the context of Australian government. It examines how ethical principles are implemented in practice, offering insights into the complexities and challenges faced by public officials in upholding ethical standards.
Focusing on the intersection of rhetoric and leadership, this book analyzes the methods of Sir Francis Bacon in the context of contemporary Australian politics. Through six case studies, it explores the rhetorical strategies employed by leaders such as Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, Carr, and Pearson to establish their legitimacy. By applying Bacon's political philosophy to modern leadership analysis, the authors provide a fresh perspective on the complexities of political discourse, making it relevant for students and scholars in political science, communication, and history.
This book examines the performative role of influential thinkers in the history of modern Western political thought. The case studies examine influential political philosophers who saw their writing role ‘performatively’, as an exercise in pedagogy designed to generate a new type of political following among their readers. Machiavelli, Mill and Nietzsche wrote classic works in political theory (The Prince, On Liberty, Genealogy of Morals) to reform and reshape their readers’ ability to think and act politically. Thinkers become performative through what they write in their public performance; and contemporary academic teachers can use this to great pedagogical effect in helping students ‘get the point’ of political theorising. This book examines how a small sample of classic theoretical performers wrote their remarkable public works. John Uhr draws on neglected or forgotten lessons on performative writing from past masters of literary criticism like Lord Shaftesbury, R G Collingwood and John Dewey, all of whom can help those now teaching the history of modern political thought to enable students to learn the performance of politics acted out by modernising thinkers capable of writing in ways similar to Machiavelli, Mill and Nietzsche.
This book examines the performative role of influential thinkers in the history of modern Western political thought. The case studies examine influential political philosophers who saw their writing role ‘performatively’, as an exercise in pedagogy designed to generate a new type of political following among their readers. Machiavelli, Mill and Nietzsche wrote classic works in political theory (The Prince, On Liberty, Genealogy of Morals) to reform and reshape their readers’ ability to think and act politically. Thinkers become performative through what they write in their public performance; and contemporary academic teachers can use this to great pedagogical effect in helping students ‘get the point’ of political theorising. This book examines how a small sample of classic theoretical performers wrote their remarkable public works. John Uhr draws on neglected or forgotten lessons on performative writing from past masters of literary criticism like Lord Shaftesbury, R G Collingwood and John Dewey, all of whom can help those now teaching the history of modern political thought to enable students to learn the performance of politics acted out by modernising thinkers capable of writing in ways similar to Machiavelli, Mill and Nietzsche.