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If the public knows about 10 per cent of what prime ministers do, and the media reveal another 10 per cent, then the access Patrick Weller brings to Kevin Rudd sheds light on another 10-15 per cent of the process of governing, of the challenges and frustrations, the pressures and pleasures of office. The first two years of any Prime Minister's tenure demand a steep learning curve. There is no training to be a Prime Minister; the learning can only be done on the job. Kevin Rudd: The Making of a Prime Minister takes us behind the office-and the man who holds it-as never before revealed in Australian politics. Embedded political scientist Patrick Weller spent two years observing and talking to the people around Rudd to explain how one person came to the job and sought to meet its demands. Weller takes us back to Rudd's boyhood in Nambour, and the experiences that have made him the man he is. He interrogates how early in Rudd's career we can see the personality that is uniquely the Prime Minister's, and how those same characteristics were present through the challenges along the path to Prime Ministership. People rarely come to office by accident; it is the result of a dedicated journey, coupled with being in the right place at the right time or when the enemies are in disarray. Weller's access to the Prime Minister's office reveals how Rudd dealt with issues such as the Global Financial Crisis, domestic and international political challenges, and climate change. Kevin Rudd: The Making of a Prime Minister is the essential and most up-to-date companion to take to the forthcoming election and beyond.
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Patrick Weller AO is a graduate of Oxford and the Australian National University. He has been professor of politics at Griffith University since 1984 and is now in the School of Government and International Relations. His areas of research are Australian politics and comparative institutions. He is the author of First Among Equals (1985), Malcolm Fraser- Prime Minister (1989), Australia s Mandarins (2001), Cabinet Government in Australia (2009), and co-author of Westminster Compared (2009), Inside the World Bank (2009) and Learning to be a Minister (2010). He is currently writing a comparative study of prime ministers in Westminster systems.
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Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister
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Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; 2014, 2014
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. It was a very different Kevin Rudd who returned to office in 2013. Kevin 07 was a fresh face and a new image- the convivial, Mandarin-speaking nerd who seemed so different from past leaders and who held so much potential. By 2013 Rudd retained some of his popularity but none of his novelty. The Opposition could say nothing derogatory about him that his colleagues had not already said. A series of policy grenades had to be defused. His second term was to be short, brutal and nasty. Yet, despite his defeat, Kevin Rudd was an unusual Labor leader and prime minister. Political scientist and biographer Patrick Weller spent several years observing and talking to Rudd and the people around him to explain how one person came to the job and sought to meet its demands. Weller takes us back to Rudd's boyhood in Nambour, son of a poor Queensland dairy farmer; to a member without a faction who led a bitterly factionalised party; to the only federal Labor leader to win a majority since Paul Keating in 1993; and to only the second prime minister since 1914 to be sworn in for a second time. This book has the advantage of interviews in 2008 and 2009 with ministers who were then supporters but who became diehard enemies. Weller also had the benefit of unique access to the Prime Minister's Office. His biography is a revealing account of the man who became prime minister-twice. Beginning with Rudd's childhood in rural Queensland, examines the people, places and politics that shaped him into the leader he is today. A frank analysis of Kevin Rudd's leadership style and his government's first term in power. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780522857481
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