Catching the Waves: Life in and Out of Politics
- ISBN-10
- 0732259592
- ISBN-13
- 9780732259594
- Category
- Politicians
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Author
- Susan Ryan
Description
This book is much more than a political memoir. Susan Ryan gives fascinating insights into the making of policy, how ideas of social justice and the common good have - and have not - been translated into legislation. 'Catching the Waves' is a valuable record of an important period in Australian political and social history, and a unique contribution to the ongoing feminist debate. And above all, Susan Ryan wryly demonstrates that being caught in the dumpers is as much a part of life as riding the breakers successfully to shore.
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