Leadership in context / edited by Erwin C. Hargrove and John E. Owens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hargrove, Erwin C.

Owens, John E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political leadership.

Physical Description:

v, 248 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Rowman and Littlefield edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

Summary:

The seven essays in Leadership in Context explore important questions at the heart of understanding political leadership. The relationship between personal political skill, the strength or weakness of institutional roles available to leaders, and the changing historical and political context in which leaders act forms the central discussion of each chapter.

Contents:

Introduction: Political Leadership in Context / Erwin C. Hargrove, John E. Owens 1

Presidential Leadership: Skill in Context / Erwin C. Hargrove 17

Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and Lott / John E. Owens 43

Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in Britain / Kevin Theakston 89

The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized Leadership / Colin Campbell 131

Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational Context / Christopher J. Lord 163

The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to Schroder / Christine Margerum Harlen 187

The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterrand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders / David S. Bell 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742528529

0742528537

OCLC:

52992932