The Pivot of Power
Australian Prime Ministers and Political Leadership, 1949-2016
$55.73
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2017
Summary
The prime ministership remains the main prize in Australian politics, but it is a precarious one. Leadership turnover in recent years has seen more prime ministers rise and fall than at any time since the decade after federation. What explains this volatility?
The Pivot of Power is the second volume in a unique blend of collective biography and institutional history that shows the skills, limitations and passions of incumbents are only part of the story. The ways in which pri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522868746 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522868746 |
| Author: | Paul Strangio, Paul 't Hart, James Walter |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | The Miegunyah Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 767g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 240mm |
Paul Strangio
Paul Strangio is Associate Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. Paul ’t Hart is Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. James Walter is Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. Together they wrote the first volume, Settling the Office- The Australian Prime Ministership from Federation to Reconstruction, published by MUP in 2016.
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