Assoc Prof Paul Strangio - Researcher Profile

Biography

Paul was appointed as a lecturer at Monash University in 2002, initially teaching with the National Centre for Australian Studies, before transferring to Politics in 2005. Prior to his appointment at Monash, he had taught Australian Studies and Politics at several other Victorian-based universities. Paul was the convenor of the Politics discipline in 2007-08. He has been a frequent commentator on Australian politics in the print and election media, including contributing many op/ed pieces to the Melbourne Age and having been an election commentator on ABC radio 774 Melbourne.

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Qualifications

PHD IN AUSTRALIAN & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Institution: Deakin University

Year awarded: 1998

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HISTORY) - HONS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1986

Publications

Books

Strangio, P.A., 2012, Neither Power nor Glory: 100 Years of Political Labor in Victoria, 1856-1956, Melbourne University Press, Carlton Vic Australia.

Walter, J.A., Strangio, P., 2007, No, Prime Minister: Reclaiming Politics from Leaders, UNSW Press, Sydney Nsw Australia.

Strangio, P., Costar, B.J. (eds), 2006, The Victorian Premiers 1856-2006, The Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia.

Costar, B.J., Love, P., Strangio, P. (eds), 2005, The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective, Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, Carlton North Vic Australia.

Strangio, P., 2002, Keeper of the Faith: A Biography of Jim Cairns, Melbourne University Press, Australia.

Strangio, P., 2002, Keeper of the Faith: A Biography of Jim Cairns, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South Vic Australia.

Love, P., Strangio, P. (eds), 2001, Arguing the Cold War, Red Rag Publications, Carlton North Vic Australia.

Strangio, P., 2001, No Toxic Dump! A Triumph for Grassroots Democracy and Environmental Justice, Pluto Press Australia Limited, Annandale NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Strangio, P.A., 2012, Prime ministerial government in Australia, in Contemporary Politics in Australia: Theories, Practices and Issues, eds Rodney Smith, Ariadne Vromen and Ian Cook, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 226-236.

Strangio, P.A., 2012, The evolution of prime ministerial afterlives in Australia, in Former Leaders in Modern Democracies: Political Sunsets, eds Kevin Theakston and Jouke de Vries, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 78-102.

Strangio, P., 2011, 'The tideless pond that seemed waiting for me': the afterlife of Australian Prime Ministers, in How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government, eds Paul 't Hart and John Uhr, Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom, pp. 208-229.

Strangio, P., 2009, Introduction: From Confusion to Stability, in Confusion: The Making of the Australian Two-Party System, eds Paul Strangio and Nick Dyrenfurth, Melbourne University Publishing, Australia, pp. 1-19.

Strangio, P., 2009, 'an intensity of feeling such as I had never before witnessed': Fusion in Victoria, in Confusion: The Making of the Australian Two-Party System, eds Paul Strangio and Nick Dyrenfurth, Melbourne University Publishing, Australia, pp. 134-161.

Strangio, P., 2008, The Retiring Premiers: A New Style of Leadership Transition, in Public Leadership: Perspectives and Practices, eds Paul't Hart and John Uhr, ANU ePress, Australia, pp. 239-251.

Strangio, P., 2006, Broken heads and flaming houses: Graham Berry, the wild colonial, in The Victorian Premiers 1856-2006, eds Paul Strangio and Brian Costar, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 51-73.

Strangio, P., Costar, B.J., 2006, Introduction: premiers and politics, in The Victorian Premiers 1856-2006, eds Paul Strangio and Brian Costar, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 1-11.

Strangio, P., 2006, John Cain jnr: the burden of history, in The Victorian Premiers 1856-2006, eds Paul Strangio and Brian Costar, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 325-350.

Strangio, P., 2006, John Cain snr: the star-crossed premier, in The Victorian Premiers 1856-2006, eds Paul Strangio and Brian Costar, Federation Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 250-274.

Strangio, P., Costar, B.J., 2005, B.A. Santamaria: religion as politics, in The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective, eds Brian. Costar, Peter. Love, and Paul. Strangio, Scribe, Carlton North Vic Australia, pp. 201-219.

Strangio, P., 2005, Closing the Split? before and after Federal intervention in the Victorian ALP, in The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective, eds Brian Costar, P.eter Love, and Paul Strangio, Scribe, Carlton North Vic Australia, pp. 340-365.

Strangio, P., 2005, The Split: a Victorian phenomenon, in The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective, eds Brian Costar, Peter Love, and Paul Strangio, Scribe, Carlton North Vic Australia, pp. 23-45.

Economou, N.M., Costar, B.J., Strangio, P., 2003, Victoria, in Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, the States and the Territories, eds Jeremy Moon and Campbell Sharman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 154-182.

Strangio, P., 2003, Whitlam vs Cairns: colliding visions of Labor, in It's Time Again: Whitlam and Modern Labor, eds Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis, Circa, Armadale Vic Australia, pp. 339-370.

Strangio, P., 2001, Cairns, Keon and the battle for Yarra: a microcosm of Labor split politics, in Arguing the Cold War, eds Peter Love and Paul Strangio, Red Rag Publications, Carlton North Vic Australia, pp. 61-70.

Journal Articles

Strangio, P., 2008, Anne Tiernan, Power Without Responsibility: Ministerial Staffers in Australian Governments from Whitlam to Howard, Journal of Political Science, vol 43, issue 2, Routledge, UK, pp. 357-358.

Strangio, P., 2008, Decision and Deliberation: The Parliament of New South Wales 1856-2003. By David Clune and Gareth Griffith, Labour History, vol 0, issue 94, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Australia, pp. 184-185.

Strangio, P., 2007, Renegades and Rats: Betrayal and the Remaking of Radical Organisations in Britain and Australia. By Jacqueline Dickenson, Australian Historical Studies, vol 38, issue 130, Routledge, UK, pp. 373-374.

Strangio, P., 2006, A constitutional crisis averted? The demise of Governor Sir Brian Murray, Victorian Historical journal, vol 77, issue 2, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 212-228.

Strangio, P., 2006, Incumbency dominance: an unhealthy trend?, Papers on Parliament, vol 46, issue 46, Department of the Senate, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 97-110.

Strangio, P., 2006, John Wanna and Pauls (eds), Yes Premier: Labor Leadership in Australia's States and Territories, Journal of Political Science, vol 41, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 124-125.

Strangio, P., 2005, The Labor Split: The Healing Begins, Eureka Street, vol 15, issue 5, Jesuit Publications, Australia, p. 6.

Strangio, P., 2004, A Privileged Window into Extraordinary Lives. By John McLaren, Overland, vol 0, issue 175, O.L. Society Ltd., Australia, pp. 95-96.

Costar, B.J., Strangio, P., 2004, B.A. Santamaria: 'a true believer'?, History Australia, vol I, issue 2, Australian Historical Association, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 256-278.

Strangio, P., 2004, Jim Cairns (04.10.1914 - 12.10.2003), Labour History, vol 0, issue 86, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Australia, pp. 203-206.

Strangio, P., 2004, Labor and reform of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1950-2003, Labour History, vol 86, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 33-52.

Strangio, P., 2004, The Experience of Middle Australia: The Dark Side of Economic Reform. By Michael Pusey, Australian Journal of Political Science, vol 39, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 212-213.

Strangio, P., 2004, 'Young, ambitious and eager': Stan Keon and the Victorian Public Service association, Labour History, vol 87, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 167-186.

Strangio, P., 2003, A Century of Struggle: A History of the Electrical Trades union of Australia Victorian Branch. By Ken Purdham, Victorian Historical Journal, vol 74, issue 1, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Australia, pp. 106-108.

Strangio, P., 2003, Jim Cairns (1914-2003), Overland, vol 0, issue 173, O.L. Society Ltd., Australia, pp. 111-112.

Conference Proceedings

Strangio, P., 2010, Life after 'political death' in Australia, Australian Political Studies Association Conference 2010, 27 September 2010 to 29 September 2010, Australian Political Studies Association, http://apsa2010.com.au/full-papers.php, pp. 1-12.

Other

Strangio, P., 2007, ALP, The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, vol 1, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Australia, pp. 24-28.

Strangio, P., 2007, Di Salvo, Giuseppe (1902-1988), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 17, Melbourne University Press, Australia, pp. 320-321.

Costar, B.J., Strangio, P., 2007, Victoria, The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, vol 1, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Australia, pp. 615-619.

Strangio, P., Costar, B.J., 2007, Victorian Premiers, The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, vol 1, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Australia, pp. 619-622.

Strangio, P., 2005, Black Thursday, The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, vol minorencyc, Cambridge University Press, Australia, p. 75.

Strangio, P., 2002, Sheehan, James Michael (1885-1967), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 16, issue (1940-1980), Melbourne University Press, Australia, pp. 226-227.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Confederalism as an Alternative to Federalism: A Study of the Rise and Fall of Decentralised Government.

Supervisors:

Strangio, P (Main), Taylor, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Digging deep: The implementation of climate change policy in coal mining regions..

Supervisors:

Strangio, P (Main), Walter, J (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Cinque, T.

Program of Study:

Adapting to political, social and technological change: a study of the public interest obligations of the ABC and SBS. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Hocking, J (Main), Strangio, P (Associate).

Student:

Dyrenfurth, N.

Program of Study:

Heroes and villians: the cultural politics of Australian labour 1878-1918. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Quartly, M (Main), Brodie, M (Associate), Strangio, P (Associate).

Student:

Phillips, A.

Program of Study:

"THE KINGFISH" AND "THE BIG FELLA": A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE POPULIST LEADERSHIP OF HUEY LONG AND JACK LANG. (Masters) 2012.

Supervisors:

Strangio, P (Joint-Co), Walter, J (Joint).