Paul Strangio
Biographic Data
| ID | 690961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Strangio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Strangio |
| SIGNATURE | STRANGIO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8210-8792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Prime-ministerial leadership rankings
Leadership ranking exercises, which have a storied history in the United States, have recently gained a foothold in Westminster democracies. In 2020, the author conducted a major survey of Australian political scientists and historians to gauge their opinion of the leadership performance of the nation’s past prime ministers. Read in tandem with the results of earlier surveys, particularly that conducted out of Monash University in 2010, the 2020 …
Being Cabinet historian
In April 2018, I was invited to submit an expression of interest for the position of visiting Cabinet historian to the National Archives of Australia (NAA). I was informed that the Archives had con
“Dished like a dinner” by the Victorians? The 1899 Seat of Government Compact and its Repercussions in the early Australian Commonwealth
At a “secret” conference in January‐February 1899, the premiers of the Australian colonies agreed on an amendment to the draft Commonwealth Constitution Bill to grant New South Wales the permanent seat of government in the Australian federation. One of the conditions placed on that concession, however, was that Melbourne would initially host the Commonwealth parliament. Spanning the decade from that agreement to the Commonwealth parliament's sele…
Simply waltzing on? Reflections on the performance of the Canberra Press Gallery in an era of prime-ministerial instability
This article draws on interviews with members of the Canberra Press Gallery to reflect on the performance of journalists in reporting recent national leadership instability. This is in the context of claims that reporters assisted in fomenting the instability and were ethically compromised. The increased pace of the news media cycle and the role of social media has caused a ‘cacophonous’ environment which journalist believe contributes to instabi…
The Pivot of Power
Evatt
Evatt: A Life . By John Murphy (Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2016), pp. × + 451. AU$49.99 (cloth)
Paul Hasluck
The Ancestry of the Australian Prime Ministership
More than a century after the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia, the office of prime minister is the apex of the nation's political life. Yet little has been written about the antecedence and evolution of the office of prime minister. This article takes a step towards redressing this neglect by considering how the Westminster-derived model of the prime ministership was conditioned by the nature and form of executive office in the Australian …
The 1960s in Australia
Invited to review this volume, its alliterative subtitle conjured up images of essayist Craig McGregor's contemporarily written portrait of post-Menzies Australia, People, Politics and Pop: Austral
Confusion The Making of the Australian Two-Party System
In Confusion, some of Australia's foremost political historians including Judith Brett and Stuart Macintyre revisit the seminal moment when liberals threw in their lot with the conservatives. In May 1909, Alfred Deakin, the radical liberal doyen, struck an agreement for a controversial 'fusion' with the anti-Labor factions, with the new grouping later adopting the name 'Liberal Party'. After a heated campaign, Labor won the 1910 election, forming…
Decision and Deliberation
Books
Taking Assimilation to Heart Marriages of White Women and Indigenous Men in the United States and Australia, 1887–1937. By Katherine Ellinghaus. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Pp. 276. $US49.95 cloth. The Empire of Love: Toward a Theory of Intimacy, Genealogy and Carnality. By Elizabeth A. Povinelli. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006. Pp. 285. $41.95 paper. A Higher Authority: Indigenous Transnationalism and Australia. …
JAS review of books
Reviews Marian Sawer and Barry Hindess (eds), Us and Them: Anti‐Elitism in Australia , Bentley, API Network, 2004, pp 300, pb $34.95, ISBN 1920845097. Sally Young, The Persuaders: Inside the hidden machine of political advertising, Sydney, Pluto Australia, 2004, pp 380, pb $29.95, ISBN 1864033045. Julia Baird, Media Taris: How the Australian Press Frames Female Politicians, Carlton North, Scribe Publications, 2004, pp 330, pb $32.95, ISBN 1920769…
Labor and Reform of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1950-2003
In early 2003, the Bracks Victorian Labor Government enacted legislation ushering in arguably the most extensive changes to the State's parliamentary system since the achievement of responsible government in the 1850s. The legislation's chief purpose was reform of Victorian Labor's historical nemesis, the Legislative Council. While the Labor Parties fought to subdue Upper Houses in each of the States last century, that struggle proved especially …
Young, Ambitious and Eager
Standish Michael Keon (1913-87) was one of the 'seven' defectors from the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party at the 1955 Split. His narrow defeat at the subsequent election terminated a decade-long parliamentary career (state and federal) during which he had earned a formidable reputation - some predicted that he had the stuff to attain the highest political office. Despite this reputation, the published literature on Keon is scarce. This paper f…
Keeper of the Faith
Reassesses the public career of James Ford Cairns and his impact on Australian society over the past 50 years. Particularly focuses upon the development of Cairns' thinking on social change and locates that development within the context of the Labor Party's ideological evolution since WWII
Arguing the Cold War
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Keeper of the Faith
Reassesses the public career of James Ford Cairns and his impact on Australian society over the past 50 years. Particularly focuses upon the development of Cairns' thinking on social change and locates that development within the context of the Labor Party's ideological evolution since WWII
Arguing the Cold War
Labor and Reform of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1950-2003
In early 2003, the Bracks Victorian Labor Government enacted legislation ushering in arguably the most extensive changes to the State's parliamentary system since the achievement of responsible government in the 1850s. The legislation's chief purpose was reform of Victorian Labor's historical nemesis, the Legislative Council. While the Labor Parties fought to subdue Upper Houses in each of the States last century, that struggle proved especially …
Young, Ambitious and Eager
Standish Michael Keon (1913-87) was one of the 'seven' defectors from the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party at the 1955 Split. His narrow defeat at the subsequent election terminated a decade-long parliamentary career (state and federal) during which he had earned a formidable reputation - some predicted that he had the stuff to attain the highest political office. Despite this reputation, the published literature on Keon is scarce. This paper f…
JAS review of books
Reviews Marian Sawer and Barry Hindess (eds), Us and Them: Anti‐Elitism in Australia , Bentley, API Network, 2004, pp 300, pb $34.95, ISBN 1920845097. Sally Young, The Persuaders: Inside the hidden machine of political advertising, Sydney, Pluto Australia, 2004, pp 380, pb $29.95, ISBN 1864033045. Julia Baird, Media Taris: How the Australian Press Frames Female Politicians, Carlton North, Scribe Publications, 2004, pp 330, pb $32.95, ISBN 1920769…
Books
Taking Assimilation to Heart Marriages of White Women and Indigenous Men in the United States and Australia, 1887–1937. By Katherine Ellinghaus. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Pp. 276. $US49.95 cloth. The Empire of Love: Toward a Theory of Intimacy, Genealogy and Carnality. By Elizabeth A. Povinelli. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006. Pp. 285. $41.95 paper. A Higher Authority: Indigenous Transnationalism and Australia. …
Decision and Deliberation
Confusion The Making of the Australian Two-Party System
In Confusion, some of Australia's foremost political historians including Judith Brett and Stuart Macintyre revisit the seminal moment when liberals threw in their lot with the conservatives. In May 1909, Alfred Deakin, the radical liberal doyen, struck an agreement for a controversial 'fusion' with the anti-Labor factions, with the new grouping later adopting the name 'Liberal Party'. After a heated campaign, Labor won the 1910 election, forming…
The 1960s in Australia
Invited to review this volume, its alliterative subtitle conjured up images of essayist Craig McGregor's contemporarily written portrait of post-Menzies Australia, People, Politics and Pop: Austral
The Ancestry of the Australian Prime Ministership
More than a century after the birth of the Commonwealth of Australia, the office of prime minister is the apex of the nation's political life. Yet little has been written about the antecedence and evolution of the office of prime minister. This article takes a step towards redressing this neglect by considering how the Westminster-derived model of the prime ministership was conditioned by the nature and form of executive office in the Australian …
Paul Hasluck
The Pivot of Power
Evatt
Evatt: A Life . By John Murphy (Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2016), pp. × + 451. AU$49.99 (cloth)
Simply waltzing on? Reflections on the performance of the Canberra Press Gallery in an era of prime-ministerial instability
This article draws on interviews with members of the Canberra Press Gallery to reflect on the performance of journalists in reporting recent national leadership instability. This is in the context of claims that reporters assisted in fomenting the instability and were ethically compromised. The increased pace of the news media cycle and the role of social media has caused a ‘cacophonous’ environment which journalist believe contributes to instabi…
“Dished like a dinner” by the Victorians? The 1899 Seat of Government Compact and its Repercussions in the early Australian Commonwealth
At a “secret” conference in January‐February 1899, the premiers of the Australian colonies agreed on an amendment to the draft Commonwealth Constitution Bill to grant New South Wales the permanent seat of government in the Australian federation. One of the conditions placed on that concession, however, was that Melbourne would initially host the Commonwealth parliament. Spanning the decade from that agreement to the Commonwealth parliament's sele…
Being Cabinet historian
In April 2018, I was invited to submit an expression of interest for the position of visiting Cabinet historian to the National Archives of Australia (NAA). I was informed that the Archives had con
Prime-ministerial leadership rankings
Leadership ranking exercises, which have a storied history in the United States, have recently gained a foothold in Westminster democracies. In 2020, the author conducted a major survey of Australian political scientists and historians to gauge their opinion of the leadership performance of the nation’s past prime ministers. Read in tandem with the results of earlier surveys, particularly that conducted out of Monash University in 2010, the 2020 …
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