Faultlines
George Megalogenis
Faultlines is an 'accessible and intelligent book for thougtful readers who want to look beyond the surface of contemporary Australian politics and society.'
Allan Patience (Zadok Perspectives)In Faultlines, journalist George Megalogenis explores the seemingly contradictory tendencies in the nation’s political and cultural make up. How can Australia be both open and closed? Why are we pro-immigration, yet unsympathetic to asylum-seekers? Why is it that the majority of workers in our globally connected economy are women, yet the senior levels of government, media, and business remain dominated by men?
Using a wide range of data from the most recent census, and secret race-polling conducted by the major political parties, Megalogenis investigates the faultlines of gender, race, and work which divide the nation as well as issues raised by conflicts between the new economy and the old, the city and the bush, and the inner city and the rest. He identifies an emerging generation Generation W that is forming a ‘wobbly bridge’ between old and new Australia.
Himself the child of a migrant family, and with wide experience as a political commentator, Megalogenis offers a savvy interpretation of modern Australia. Faultlines is a lively, thoughtful book that will surprise many readers.
George Megalogenis
George Megalogenis is the author of Faultlines (Scribe 2003) and The Longest Decade (Scribe 2006, updated 2008) and a senior journalist with The Australian newspaper. He spent 11 years in the Canberra press gallery between 1988 and 1999 before returning to The Australian’s Melbourne bureau.
He has a small footprint in each area of the media: newspapers, the Internet, television and radio. Apart from his day job, he runs his own blog, 'Meganomics', on The Australian’s website, is a regular panellist with the ABC’s Insiders program and appears on Melbourne community radio RRR’s Breakfasters program.
The Longest Decade created a record of sorts in 2006 when it was launched by John Howard in Canberra and then Paul Keating in Sydney. The book has been updated and expanded with new chapters covering the end of the Keating–Howard era and the rise of Kevin Rudd.
Website: http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/meganomics/index.php
Extent: 224pp
Size: 234mm x 153mm
ISBN (10): 1920769 056
ISBN (13): 9781920769055
RRP: $32.95
Pub date: December 2003
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