Power crisis : the self-destruction of a state labor party / Rodney Cavalier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavalier, Rodney, author.

Series:

Australian encounters.

Australian encounters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian Labor Party. New South Wales Branch.

Australian Labor Party.

New South Wales--Politics and government.

New South Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by former minister and Labor historian Rodney Cavalier, Power Crisis is an explosive account of the self-destruction of the New South Wales Labor government, which has seen a turnover of four premiers in five years, and is heading for rejection and even humiliation by voters at the next state election. While the catalyst was the thwarted attempt to privatise electricity, Cavalier reveals that the real issue is the takeover of Labor by a professional political class without connection to the broader community or the party's traditions. Featuring interviews with ex-premiers Iemma and Rees, Power Crisis contrasts the current turmoil and self-indulgence with the stability within New South Wales Labor over generations before, and asks, 'What went wrong?'

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. NSW Labor and its leaders

2. Death below

3. The rise of Morris lemma

4. Annual Conference, May 2008

5. Morris lemma falls

6. The protracted fall of Nathan Rees.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-86200-8

1-107-21327-4

1-282-91629-7

9786612916298

0-511-85978-3

0-511-85891-4

0-511-85804-3

0-511-86065-X

0-511-86113-3

0-511-85717-9

OCLC:

693761332