How Power Changes Hands / Understanding Governance (PDF)

PAUL 'T HART, Professor of Political Science at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, and Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
JOHN UHR, Director of the Policy and Governance Program, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University.
PAUL ATKINS, Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University.
STANLEY BACH, formerly of the Congressional Research Service, Washington, USA, is on the panel of advisors at the Parliamentary Studies Centre, Australian National University.
ANDRÉ BLAIS, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal, Canada
WILLIAM CROSS, Hon. Dick and Ruth Bell Chair for the Study of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada
KEITH DOWDING, Professor of Political Science at the Research School of Social Science and Director of Research at the College of Arts and Social Science, Australian National University.
WAYNE ERRINGTON, Lecturer in Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations in the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
JOHN HIGLEY, Professor of Government and Sociology at the Departments of Government and Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
MATTHEW LAING, doctoral candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations in the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
LOUIS MASSICOTTE, Professor in the Department of Political Science at University Laval, Canada.
ELIZABETH MCLEAY, Professor in Comparative Politics at the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, Canada
JAN PAKULSKI, Professor of Sociology at the School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania, Australia
KATE REYNOLDS, Australian

"The transfer of power is fundamental to the proper functioning of our political and administrative institutions. Yet, students of government and practitioners have little in the way of literature to guide their understanding of how power changes hands. This book fills a void in a comprehensive and insightful fashion. It brings a theoretical, empirical and comparative perspective to planning government transitions."

- Donald J. Savoie, Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance, Université de Moncton, Canada