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 |