Journal of Australian Studies, March 1st, 2002
University of New South Wales Press, 2002, pp 191, pb $34.95. ISBN 086840604X.
Considering that media consistently present negative images of Australian politics and that some professional `politicians' undermined their own credibility during the 1999 constitutional referenda, it is a relief to find a work that rationally explores the idea of a crisis in trust. This valuable collection begins with a dispassionate examination of the level of dislike so far as it can be gleaned from data produced by polling agencies, focus groups and social science surveys. The longest chapter, by Murray Goot...
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