The Pivot of Power: Australian Prime Ministers and Political Leadership, 1949-2016

Leadership turnover in recent years has seen more prime ministers in Australia rise and fall than at any time since the decade after federation. What explains this volatility? The Pivot of Power is the second volume in a unique blend of collective biography and institutional history that shows the skills, limitations and passions of incumbents are only part of the story.

Paul Strangio is Associate Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. Paul 't Hart is Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. James Walter is Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. Together they wrote the first volume, Settling the Office: The Australian Prime Ministership from Federation to Reconstruction, published by MUP in 2016