Heppell, T and Bennister, M (2015) Comparing the dynamics of party leadership survival in Britain and Australia: Brown, Rudd and Gillard. Government and Opposition, FirstV. 1 - 26. ISSN 1477-7053
Abstract
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 of 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 beyond the formal procedures which are overcome by the incumbent (Brown).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015, Government and Opposition Limited and Cambridge University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Government and Opposition. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2015 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2015 15:19 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2014.31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Government and Opposition Limited and Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/gov.2014.31 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:82697 |