| Management number | 240708106 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$8.00 | Model Number | 240708106 | ||
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<p>What holds a country together? Murdoch answers plainly: shared ideas, just laws, and citizens who choose to do right. Beginning with the "social instinct" that draws people into community, he explains government as society's tool-made, improved, and kept running by ordinary men and women. He distinguishes the legislature, judiciary, and executive; shows how local councils handle roads, health, and water; how the States steward wider responsibilities; and how the Commonwealth manages matters of "common concern." Throughout, examples and analogies make abstract terms vivid and practical.</p><p>Readers finish with more than facts: they gain habits of attention, fair-mindedness, and public spirit-virtues that steady judgment, welcome responsibility, and turn love of country into everyday goodwill.</p>
| Book format | Hardcover |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | History |
| Publication date | January, 2026 |
| Pages | 226 |
| Subgenre | Australia & New Zealand |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Living Book Press |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 5.50 x 0.63 x 8.50 Inches |
| Assembled product weight | 0.9 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | History |
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