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Title: No, Prime Minister
Condition: New
Subtitle: Reclaiming Politics From Leaders
Author: Paul Strangio, James Walter
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
EAN: 9780868408873
ISBN: 9780868408873
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Genre: Law & Politics
Release Date: 01/09/2007
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 153mm
Item Weight: 159g
Book Series: Briefings
Release Year: 2007
Description: Leadership has become the principal lingua franca of politics. Prime ministers now occupy the centre of the nations political universe. But what are the causes and implications of the sharpening of prime ministerial power? Is untrammelled leadership consistent with democracy? And how is it related to the growing incumbency advantages enjoyed by governments? In this important appraisal of recent Australian political life, James Walter and Paul Strangio analyse the performances of five prime ministers (Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard) against the background of institutional changes to the political system that have been in train over the past three decades. The authors also look forward, to ask whether a new prime minister, such as Kevin Rudd, would reverse these trends, and to suggest ways to counter the detrimental vogue for leadership-centric politics.

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