‘Leadership’ is routinely admired, vilified, ridiculed, invoked, trivialised, explained and speculated about in the media and in everyday conversation. Despite all this talk, there is surprisingly little consensus about how to answer basic questions about the nature, place, role and impact of leadership in contemporary society. This book brings together academics from a broad array...

Visiting Australia, John Holden - head of culture at Demos, the British thinktank for everyday democracy - reassesses the concept of leadership in a world driven by creativity and innovation.

In the end, Joh was the agent of his own political destruction, writes Brian Costar.

Will Sanders examines elections for the 18 local governments in the Torres Strait in both 2000 and 2004, focusing on changes in political leadership and a possible emerging change in political style in Torres Strait.

As we face the challenge of an ageing society, John Howard’s promises to older voters are exactly what we don’t need, says Rodney Tiffen.