Leadership in Context
Published on 22. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
254 pages
978-0-7425-2853-6 (ISBN)
Description
What is political leadership and does it operate differently in different political contexts? In addition to context, personal political skill plays a large role in the area of leadership, often yielding significant results. Whether a leader is active or passive, creating dynamic relations of talent and institutional powers or choosing to leave situations as they are, skill is frequently the key factor in policy achievement.
In this book, editors Hargrove and Owens gather seven very different studies of skill in context. From the role of the European Commission president to the well established function of the president of the United States, each essay analyzes and interprets the effects of institutional powers and the environments in which leaders operate on their effectiveness and degree of personal talent each brings to the table.
In this book, editors Hargrove and Owens gather seven very different studies of skill in context. From the role of the European Commission president to the well established function of the president of the United States, each essay analyzes and interprets the effects of institutional powers and the environments in which leaders operate on their effectiveness and degree of personal talent each brings to the table.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-2853-6 (9780742528536)
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Persons
Erwin C. Hargrove is professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University.
John E. Owens is professor of U.S. government and politics in the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, U.K.
John E. Owens is professor of U.S. government and politics in the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, U.K.
Content
Chapter 1 Leadership in Context
Chapter 2 Presidential Leadership: Skill in Context
Chapter 3 Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and Lott
Chapter 4 Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in Britian
Chapter 5 The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized Leadership
Chapter 6 Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational Context
Chapter 7 The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to Schroeder
Chapter 8 The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders
Chapter 2 Presidential Leadership: Skill in Context
Chapter 3 Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and Lott
Chapter 4 Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in Britian
Chapter 5 The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized Leadership
Chapter 6 Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational Context
Chapter 7 The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to Schroeder
Chapter 8 The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders