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Disposable Leaders : Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott.

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. Disposable Leaders is an engaging and insightful...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tiffen, Rodney
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, UNITED STATES : New South, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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 LeaderAppendix 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.