Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Paul is a professor of Politics. He has twice been the convenor of Politics and International Relations in 2007-08 and 2012-16. He has also been deputy head of the School of Social Sciences between 2018 and 2021.
Paul specialises in Australian political history with a particular focus on biography, political leadership and political parties. He is an author and editor of twelve books. These include his acclaimed biography, Keeper of the Faith: A Biography of Jim Cairns (2002); Neither Power Nor Glory: 100 Years of Political Labor in Victoria (2012); and (with Paul 't Hart and James Walter); Settling the Office: The Australian Prime Ministership from Federation to Reconstruction (2016); and The Pivot of Power: Australian Prime Ministers and Political Leadership, 1949-2016 (2017).
Paul is a two-time recipient (in 2013 and 2019) of the Henry Mayer Book Prize for Australian Politics (awarded biennially by the Australian Political Studies Association for the best book on Australian Politics).
Paul has been a prolific commentator on Australian politics in the print and electronic media, including contributing more than fifty op/ed pieces to the Melbourne Age and for a number of years has had a regular politics segment on the Evening Program on ABC Radio Melbourne.
In 2018, Paul was appointed Visiting Cabinet Historian to the National Archives of Australia.
Research area keywords
- Australian politics
- Australian history
- Political history
- Political Leadership
- Prime ministers
- Presidents
- Political Parties
- Executive government
- Biography
Projects
- 2 Finished
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The pivot of government? Understanding the Australian prime minister: the office and its holders.
Walter, J., Strangio, P. & 't Hart, P.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/03/10 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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Australian Policy Online Development Project
Strangio, P., Costar, B., Thomas, J., Tiffen, R. & Williams, G.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University
1/01/06 → 31/12/06
Project: Research
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Prime ministerial leadership rankings: The Australian experience
Strangio, P., Feb 2022, In: Australian Journal of Political Science. 57, 2, p. 180-198 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia: Genesis, Impact and Future
Bonotti, M. (ed.) & Strangio, P. (ed.), 2021, Gateway East Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 272 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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'A Lonely and Quixotic Battle': A Short History of Agitation Against Compulsory Voting in Australia
Strangio, P., 2021, A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia: Genesis, Impact and Future. Strangio, P. & Bonotti, M. (eds.). Gateway East, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 33-57 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Introduction
Bonotti, M. & Strangio, P., 2021, A Century of Compulsory Voting in Australia: Genesis, Impact and Future. Strangio, P. & Bonotti, M. (eds.). Gateway East Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Liam Byrne, Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin: The Making of the Modern Labor Party, 1876-1921
Strangio, P., May 2021, In: Labour History. 120, p. 202-203 2 p., 120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review › Other
Prizes
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Henry Mayer Book Prize for Australian Politics
Strangio, Paul (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Henry Mayer Prize for Australian Politics
Strangio, Paul (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)