The House Always Wins: Time to Turn the Tables [Signed by both Authors]
Language: English
Published by Gill & MacMillan, Limited, Dublin, 2010
- First Edition
- Signed
- Softcover
- Used
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First edition first printing. Number line 54321 in very good condition. Signed (not inscribed) on half title page. Clean bright and tight. Contains black and white photos. A few spots on half title page and page block edges. Minor edge wear and creases on pictorial wraps. Please examine all seller photos.
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- Title
- The House Always Wins: Time to Turn the Tables [Signed by both Authors]
- Author
- John McGuinness; Naoise Nunn
- Publisher
- Gill & MacMillan, Limited, Dublin
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0717147894
- ISBN 13
- 9780717147892
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 393 grams
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- First Editions, Signed
In The House Always Wins John McGuinness gives an insider’s account of dysfunction and waste in the Irish political and administrative system. He speaks with authority both as a TD and―crucially―as a former Government Minister. No one in such a privileged insider’s position has ever produced a political narrative as explosive as this.
Well known for his no-nonsense approach to politics, McGuinness places the need for good governance and accountability at the centre of the book. He wants both the Dáil to take control, and the catalogue of bad practices and scandalous waste of human and material resources to be swept away.
McGuinness brings his extensive knowledge of the system to bear as he describes how limited and circumscribed are the powers of the Minister, and how difficult it now is for politicians at any level to make a difference. The system, he argues, is rigged against initiative and reform, thus the title of the book. The House Always Wins is not an assault on the public service. It is a passionate cry for the reform we so badly need in the way the country is run by politicians and the public service; and it is a demand that they, and the trade unions, confront the challenges of creating a better Ireland.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
John McGuinness TD is Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow-Kilkenny and a former minister of state at the Dept of Enterprise, Trade & Employment.
Naoise Nunn is a former civil servant, political consultant and the moving force behind the Leviathan debates and MindField festival.
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