The Leadership Contest: An end to the ‘messiah complex’?

Strangio, Paul; Walter, James

doi:10.22459/ag.01.2015.03

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“…Rudd also faced a growing backlash against his style of governing (Strangio 2013; Tiernan 2008). The critique of Rudd’s style of management centres on the impact of a dysfunctional leader on the various aspects of prime ministerial power.…”

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“…The mechanics of the party meant Gillard was always in a perilous position, having to battle on several fronts at once. As Strangio (2013) noted, her premiership was under a constant shadow: ‘Her entire prime ministership has dangled under a Sword of Damocles of leadership speculation. More has been said and written about when she will be dumped from office than about what she has done in office.’…”

Section: The Removal Of Julia Gillardmentioning

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Comparing the Dynamics of Party Leadership Survival in Britain and Australia: Brown, Rudd and Gillard

Bennister¹,

Heppell²

2014

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This article examines the interaction between the respective party structures of the Australian Labor Party and the British Labour Party as a means of assessing the strategic options facing aspiring challengers for the party leadership. Noting the relative neglect within the scholarly literature on examining forced exits that occur; and attempted forced exits that do not occur, this article takes as its case study the successful forced exits of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, and the failure to remove Gordon Brown. In doing so the article challenges the prevailing assumption that the likely success of leadership evictions are solely determined by the leadership procedures that parties adopt. Noting the significance of circumstances and party cultures, the article advances two scenarios through which eviction attempts can be understood: first, forced exits triggered through the activation of formal procedures (Rudd and Gillard); second, attempts to force an exit by informal pressures outside of the formal procedures which are overcome by the incumbent (Brown).

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confidence: 99%