Table of Contents

1: Prime Ministers: Conundrums and Dilemmas
2: Getting There, Staying There
3: The Job: Assumptions, Visions, and Workloads
4: The Inner Circle: Prime Ministers and Their Advisers
5: Prime Ministers and Their Ministers
6: Prime Ministers and Cabinet Government
7: Prime Ministers, Party, and Parliament
8: Prime Ministers and the Public
9: Prime Ministers as National Leaders
10: Conclusion: Why Prime Ministers Succeed (Or Not)

About the Author

Patrick Weller is Professor Emeritus, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University. He is the author or co-author of some 20 books on Australian politics, comparative politics, and international organization, including First among Equals (Allen and Unwin,1985), Malcolm Fraser: Prime Minister (Penguin, 1989) Cabinet Government in Australia 1900 to 2006 ( 2007),
Westminster Compared (co-authored with R.A.W. Rhodes and John Wanna, 2009), and Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister (Melbourne, University Press, 2014).

Reviews

Weller compares the experience of the modern PM's role across the "Westminster systems" of New Zealand, the UK, Canada and Australia, producing some (much-needed) fresh insights into the rather claustrophobic world of British politics.
*Times Literary Supplement*