Machine generated contents note: -- Power Transitions and Leadership Successions in Government ; P.'t Hart& J.Uhr -- PART I: UNDERSTANDING TRANSITIONS -- Ruling Elite Transitions in Australia and the United States; J.Higley&J.Pakulski -- Managers or Messiahs? Prime Ministerial Leadership and the Transition to Government; J.Walter -- Establishing Prime Ministerial Leadership Style in Opposition; W.Errington -- Bicameralism and the Dynamics of Contested Transitions; J.Uhr, S.Bach&L.Massicotte -- Westminster Norms and Caretaker Conventions: Australian and New Zealand Transition Debates; M.Simms -- PART II: UNDERSTANDING SUCCESSIONS -- Seeking and Keeping the Hot Seat: a Comparative Analysis of Party Leader Successions; M.Laing &P.'t Hart -- Holding Party Leaders to Account: the Westminster Cases; W.Cross&A.Blais -- The Firing Line: When and Why do Prime Ministers Fire Ministerial Colleagues?; K.Dowding&E.McLeay -- Power Consolidation in Leadership Change Contexts: a Social Identity Perspective; E.Subašic&K.J.Reynolds -- Building Trust at the Beginning of a New Leadership Role: the Role of Learning and Collaboration; P.Atkins -- 'The Tideless Pond that Seemed Waiting for Me': the Afterlife of Australian Prime Ministers; P.Strangio -- How Power Changes Hands: Concluding Reflections; P.'t Hart &J.Uhr.