James Walter is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Monash University.
Books & arts
Democracy’s dark shadow
James Walter
9 August 2023
Resentment can be a potent — and not always destructive — motivator in political life
National affairs
What the leader wants
James Walter
2 May 2023
ScoMo, Teflon Dan and the democratic deficit
Books & arts
Cometh the hour
James Walter
9 December 2022
Katharine Murphy’s latest Quarterly Essay probes where politics meets personality
Essays & reportage
Governing in times of crisis
James Walter
24 October 2022
What does history tell us about Anthony Albanese’s prospects?
Essays & reportage
Power without purpose?
James Walter
24 September 2021
A long process of change has reached its apogee in the prime ministership of Scott Morrison
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