Disposable leaders : media and leadership coups from Menzies to Abbott / Rodney Tiffen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiffen, Rodney, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political leadership--Australia.

Political leadership.

Journalism--Political aspects--Australia.

Journalism.

Australia--Politics and government.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Since 1970 seventy-three political leaders within the major parties have been forcibly removed from their leadership positions. And at the heart of the turmoil is the media, with its 24-hour news cycle making political leadership evermore precarious.

Contents:

Front Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Leadership Challenges from Menzies to Abbott

Chapter 2: Rudd vs Gillard vs Rudd

Chapter 3: Turnbull vs Abbott vs Turnbull

Chapter 4: Hawke vs Keating versus Howard vs Costello

Chapter 5: Duelling Amateurs - Gorton vs McMahon

Chapter 6: Leadership Coups and Desperate Oppositions

Chapter 7: Leadership Coups and Disintegrating Governments

Chapter 8: Media and Momentum

Chapter 9: Reporters and Players

Chapter 10: Iatrogenic Spin Doctoring

Chapter 11: The Doctrine of the Disposable Leader

Appendix A: 73 Leadership Coups

Appendix B: Tables

Table 1: Successful Leadership Challenges

Table 2: Longest-Serving Party Leaders

Table 3: Leadership Coups and Government Survival

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-74224-268-5

1-74224-814-4