{"product_id":"9781922979872","title":"A Long March","description":"Author: Kim Carr\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922979872\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1975, as Gough Whitlam's government hurtled towards its demise, a nineteen-year-old arts student at the University of Melbourne, Kim Carr, began a long march.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in an avowedly blue-collar household headed by his boilermaker father, Carr eschewed what he regarded as the fripperies of student politics and went directly for the real thing. He joined his local Labor Party branch, signing up from day one as an active soldier in the labour movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty-nine years later, Kim Carr is still part of the Labor army. He served in the Senate for twenty-nine years, was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, a secretary of the Socialist Left faction, and a national convenor of the Left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Long March\u003c\/i\u003e tells a rich and engaging story about a long life in Labor  the often-fraught processes of the formulation and development of policy, the maintenance and manoeuvrings of factions, the personal enmities and conflicting ambitions, the raw use of power inside party forums, political offices, unions, the caucus, the front bench, and the bureaucracy. It also looks forward, addressing a key question: How should Labor argue the case for a workable, appealing, durable version of social democracy for twenty-first-century Australia?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs well as a revealing memoir, this is a comprehensive analysis of today's political landscape told through the life of one of the ALP's longest-serving members.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867064619166,"sku":"ADS-9781922979872","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922979872.jpg?v=1779429108","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922979872","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}