Bold rage

A manifesto for empowering Gen X

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  • Published 20200505
  • ISBN: 9781922268761
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

 Dylan Thomas

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Ingrid Burkett

Ingrid Burkett is co-director at the Yunus Centre at Griffith University. She is a past president of the International Association for Community Development and was...

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