What do we expect from our leaders, and how do we judge their performance? There can be no substantive assessment of leaders and leadership without comparing the fundamentally different contexts and settings in which leaders operate.At a time when international political research is rediscovering the importance of leadership, this volume marks the first major study specifically devotedto exploring all the fields of political leadership from a genuinely comparative perspective. The chapters in this volume cast a new light on the changing features and trends in the classic areas of political leadership, such as executive and legislative leadership, and leadership in political parties. In addition, they explore many younger subfields of political leadership research, such as crisis leadership and leadership in social movements. These area-relatedanalyses are complemented by more expansive assessments of leadership in old and new democracies, in non-democratic regimes, and in international organizations. The distinguished team of contributors is composed of leadership scholars from three continents and nine countries. INDICE: Introduction: The Importance of Studying Political Leadership Comparatively; L.Helms.Executive Leadership in Comparative Perspective: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Public Governance; B.G.Peters. & .L.Helms.Comparing Leadership Patterns and Dynamics in the Legislative Arena; P.Norton. The Presidentialization of Party Leadership? Evaluating Party Leadership and Party Governmentin the Democratic World; P.Webb, T.Poguntke .&. R.Kolodny.Leadership in Social and Political Movements: A Comparative Exploration; D.Rucht.Political Leadership in Times of Crisis: Comparing Leader Responses to Financial Turbulence; A.Boin, P.'t Hart. & .F.van Esch.Comparative Keyword Analysis and Leadership Communication: Tony Blair - A Study of Rhetorical Style; J.Charteris-Black.Political Marketing and Opinion Leadership: Comparative Perspectives and Findings; J.Lees-Marshment.The Contributions of Political Psychology to Comparative Leadership Analysis; S.Renshon.Comparing and Assessing Gender Effects in PoliticalLeadership; A.Stevens.'Army of One or Join the Club?': Comparing Local Political Leadership in Europe; K.Steyvers, H.Reynaert. & .T.Valcke.Confronting the Challenges of Political Leadership in International Organizations; M.G.Schechter.Political Leadership in Old and New Democracies; R.Elgie.Comparative Leadership in Non-Democracies; E.Frantz. & .E.Stein.Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-230-29649-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 17/08/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido