Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Postcolonial voices from downunder |
| Subtitle of host publication | Indigenous matters, confronting readings |
| Editors | Jione Havea |
| Place of Publication | Eugene, USA |
| Publisher | Pickwick Publications |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 134-142 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781532605871 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781532605864, 9781532605888 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
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[S]pinning Balaam against the wall. / Rees, Anthony.
Postcolonial voices from downunder: Indigenous matters, confronting readings. ed. / Jione Havea. Eugene, USA : Pickwick Publications, 2017. p. 134-142.Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
TY - CHAP
T1 - [S]pinning Balaam against the wall
AU - Rees, Anthony
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Over the last ten to fifteen years, political commentators and concerned citizens have lamented the ever declining quality of Australian political discourse. This is a disease which seems to have infected every level of Australian politics. What was once an engaged ideological debate about policy, argued along party lines, has descended into a type of personality politics, where the ultimate goal is power, not service to the nation. Rather than informed policy debates, Australian politics has become largely about popularity polls and leadership speculation. In recent times, this phenomenon has been clearly on display.
AB - Over the last ten to fifteen years, political commentators and concerned citizens have lamented the ever declining quality of Australian political discourse. This is a disease which seems to have infected every level of Australian politics. What was once an engaged ideological debate about policy, argued along party lines, has descended into a type of personality politics, where the ultimate goal is power, not service to the nation. Rather than informed policy debates, Australian politics has become largely about popularity polls and leadership speculation. In recent times, this phenomenon has been clearly on display.
KW - Bible
KW - politics
KW - Old Testament
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781532605864
SN - 9781532605888
SP - 134
EP - 142
BT - Postcolonial voices from downunder
A2 - Havea, Jione
PB - Pickwick Publications
CY - Eugene, USA
ER -