#SilencingDissent | Reviews of Silencing Dissent in English Books| Hashreview

#SilencingDissent

Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate is a 2007 Australian book, edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison.The book's premise is that "the apparently unconnected phenomena of attacks on Read More..

by Clive Hamilton, Sarah Maddison

Ratings

Likes

Reviews

HASH INFO

Review# tag	SilencingDissent
Review# tag
Hash title	Silencing Dissent
Hash title
Description	Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate is a 2007 Australian book, edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison.The book's premise is that "the apparently unconnected phenomena of attacks on non-government organisations, the politicisation of the public service, the stacking of statutory authorities, increasing restrictions on academic freedom and control over universities, the gagging or manipulation of some sections of the media, and the politicisation of the military and intelligence services form a pattern that poses a grave threat to the state of democracy in Australia."The book argues that during its decade in power, the Howard Government in Australia "systematically dismantled democratic processes, stymied open and diverse debate and avoided making itself accountable to parliament or the community." According to one reviewer this "reflects not merely a government enforcing its particular version of democracy but amounts to a serious deterioration of Australia's democratic health."Patrick Allington. Review of "Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate". Challenging the Government's version of democracy requires broad discussion The Australian, 3 February 2007.
Description	Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate is a 2007 Australian book, edited by Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison.The book's premise is that "the apparently unconnected phenomena of attacks on non-government organisations, the politicisation of the public service, the stacking of statutory authorities, increasing restrictions on academic freedom and control over universities, the gagging or manipulation of some sections of the media, and the politicisation of the military and intelligence services form a pattern that poses a grave threat to the state of democracy in Australia."The book argues that during its decade in power, the Howard Government in Australia "systematically dismantled democratic processes, stymied open and diverse debate and avoided making itself accountable to parliament or the community." According to one reviewer this "reflects not merely a government enforcing its particular version of democracy but amounts to a serious deterioration of Australia's democratic health."Patrick Allington. Review of "Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate". Challenging the Government's version of democracy requires broad discussion The Australian, 3 February 2007.

Created By

Admin

DETAILS

Name	Silencing Dissent: How the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate
Name
Authors	Clive Hamilton, Sarah Maddison
Authors
Translator
Translator
Genre
Genre
Series
Series
Number in series
Number in series
Language	English
Language
Country
Country

PUBLISH

Story timeline
Story timeline
Pages	300 pages
Pages
Media_type	Paperback
Media_type
Isbn	978-1-74175-101-7
Isbn
Oclc	123377666
Oclc
Publisher	Allen & Unwin Pty LTD
Publisher

RELEASE

Pub_date	2 January 2007
Pub_date
Release_date
Release_date

Writing

Style of narration

Portraying the concept

Language & literature

Castings & characters

Overall rating

MORE INFO

Ratings

No ratings yet.

Feature Ratings

No Feature ratings yet.

Popularity

Reaches

No data available now.

Ranks

This #hashtag is not ranked yet.