The Changes, The Challenges, The Choices
Australia is at the cutting-edge of globalisation, which it both celebrates and shuns. The nation is beset by the contradictions of globalisation: a rapid take-up of new technology, an embrace of the Internet and a new economic confidence - and at the same time growing personal insecurity, family breakdown, broken trust and complaints that Australia has lost control of its destiny.
Should Australia become a Republic? How can reconciliation with the Aboriginal people be achieved? How does Australia see itself at its century as a nation? After the East Timor crisis how does Australia engage with Asia?
In this key collection from Paul Kelly's incisive and informed writings these dilemmas are addressed and the key issues identified and examined. With the combination of an unrivalled depth of knowledge of the Australian political and international scene, and the deft touch of a master that distinguished The Hawke Ascendency and The End of Certainty, Paul Kelly's writings show a formidable grasp of both the domestic and international scene.
