The distribution of economic wellbeing is a key indicator of a society and is a function of inequalities in income, wealth and consumption. However, almost all studies have relied upon income as the sole measure of economic wellbeing. The omission of wealth overlooks that wealth provides security, freedom and power. These features are not captured by income alone. This book attempts to enhance our understanding of the distribution of economic wellbeing and inequality in Australia by using wealth as the measure. It provides trends and estimates of the level and inequality of wealth in...

The issue of 'leadership', the need for good, insightful and decisive leaders is a prominent theme in Education. Yet few can define exactly what leadership is. This book examines the phenomenon of leadership in post-compulsory education through the careful description and analysis of a long-term observational study of college principals at work. In contrast to other, more theoretical, attempts to understand leadership, this book develops an understanding of leadership by pointing to specific examples of what leaders actually do as they go about their everyday work of resolving organisational...