Leadership Performance and Rhetoric

Adam B. Masters is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Transnational Research Institute on Corruption at the Australian National University. John Uhr is Director of the Centre for the Study of Australian Politics at the Australian National University.

• Chapter 1 Leadership and Rhetoric.- Chapter 2 Selecting the Case Studies: Six Australian Public Leaders.- Chapter 3 Tony Abbott: An Opposition Leader Not Waiting For Political Office.- Chapter 4 Julia Gillard: Dealing With the Burden of Leadership.- Chapter 5 Bob Carr: Foreign Minister or Secretary of State?.- Chapter 6 Kevin Rudd: Rhetoric and a Royal Commission.- Chapter 7 Noel Pearson: Civil Leadership and Political Rhetoric.- Chapter 8 Malcolm Turnbull: From Hope to Disappointment.- Chapter 9 Conclusion.