TY - BOOK
T1 - Stepping Up to the Plate
T2 - America, and Australian Democracy
AU - Maddox, W Graham
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Australia's former prime minister, John Howard, was keen on telling people 'to step up to the plate'. Why not 'to stride out to the crease'? It takes no more syllables, and resonates with Australia's national sport. Mr Howard was often called a 'cricket tragic', whatever that may mean. He was nominated (unsuccessfully) by Australia and New Zealand to become the head of international cricket: vice-president and eventually president of the International Cricket Council. Why then, when he calls on someone to make an extra effort, does he fall back on a baseball image? Nowadays just about everybody is using it.
AB - Australia's former prime minister, John Howard, was keen on telling people 'to step up to the plate'. Why not 'to stride out to the crease'? It takes no more syllables, and resonates with Australia's national sport. Mr Howard was often called a 'cricket tragic', whatever that may mean. He was nominated (unsuccessfully) by Australia and New Zealand to become the head of international cricket: vice-president and eventually president of the International Cricket Council. Why then, when he calls on someone to make an extra effort, does he fall back on a baseball image? Nowadays just about everybody is using it.
KW - Australian Government and Politics
KW - Citizenship
KW - Comparative Government and Politics
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/232848113
M3 - Book
SN - 9780522870329
SN - 9780522870305
SN - 9780522870299
T3 - MUP Academic
BT - Stepping Up to the Plate
PB - Melbourne University Publishing
CY - Carlton, Australia
ER -