Abstract
This chapter examines the successes and failures of the two prime ministers using the statecraft approach. Statecraft emphasises the importance of prim ministers and their governments creating a political strategy that allows them to win elections, creating the perception of governing competence, achieving political argument hegemony, and maintaining the support of the public and of key institutions – particularly the parliamentary party, but also others such as the bureaucracy (Buller & James 2012; Bulpitt 1986; Evans 2010; Evans & McCaffrie 2014, 2016). The next section introduces the concept of statecraft in more detail, before the chapter uses the concept to analyse the administrations of Turnbull and Morrison in turn.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | From Turnbull to Morrison: The Trust Divide |
Editors | Mark Evans, Michelle Grattan, Brendan McCaffrie |
Place of Publication | Melbourne |
Publisher | Melbourne University Press |
Chapter | 29 |
Pages | 354-369 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780522876130 |
Publication status | Published - 23 Aug 2019 |