Vergniolle De Chantal / Alexandre-Collier Leadership and Uncertainty Management in Politics

Leaders, Followers and Constraints in Western Democracies
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-43924-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership

Through a range of international case studies from the USA, UK, France, Germany and Italy, this text assesses the conditions necessary for effective leadership and emphasizes the part played by uncertainty and division amongst followers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vergniolle De Chantal, François

Alexandre-Collier, Agnès

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction; Agnès Alexandre-Collier and François Vergniolle de Chantal 2. Is Senatorial Leadership even possible? The Deadlock of the American Upper Chamber; François Vergniolle de Chantal 3. The Office Holder: John Boehner as Speaker of the US House of Representatives; Alix Meyer 4. Tony Blair's Leadership Style in Foreign Policy: Hubris Without Constraints?; Pauline Schnapper 5. From Dewar to Salmond: The Scottish First Ministers and the establishment of their leadership; Gilles Leydier 6. Political Leadership and the Instrumentalization of the Media: Général de Gaulle between Politics and the Military (1958-1962); Julia Heinemann 7. Silvio's Party; Nicolas Bonnet 8. Leader of my Heart! Use of Twitter by Leaders' Partners during Election Campaigns; Alex Frame and Gilles Brachotte 9. Leadership and the European Debate from Margaret Thatcher to John Major; Karine Tournier-Sol 10.The Temptation of Populism in David Cameron's Leadership Style; Agnès Alexandre-Collier 11. Leadership Elections and Democracy in the British Labour Party; Emmanuelle Avril 12. The (Seeming) Power of (Seemingly) Leaderless Organizations: The Tea Party Movement as a Case Study; Aurélie Godet 13. Petra Kelly – Charismatic Leadership in the German Peace Movement; Saskia Richter 14. Ericha Steinbach – the Last Charismatic Representative of the Expellees?; Lionel Picard 15. Edward Heath – the Failed Leadership of an Uninspiring Leader; Laetita Langlois 16. When the President is not really the boss: The Mysterious Case of Ronald Reagan's Presidential Leadership; Françoise Coste 17. Conclusion; Agnès Alexandre-Collier and François Vergniolle de Chantal

Über Autor(innen)

Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Professor of British Studies, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
Emmanuelle Avril, Professor of British Studies, University of Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

Nicolas Bonnet, Professor of Italian Studies, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
Gilles Brachotte, Associate Professor in Communication Science, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
Françoise Coste, University of Toulouse, France
Alex Frame, Associate Professor in Communication Science at the Languages and Communication Faculty, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
Aurélie Godet, Senior Lecturer in U.S. history, Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité
Julia Heinemann, Research Fellow in political sociology at IRSEM (Institut de Recherche Strategique de l'Ecole Militaire), Paris, France
Laetitia Langlois, Senior Lecturer in British politics, University of Angers, France
Gilles Leydier, Professor of British studies, University of Toulon, France
Alix Meyer, Assistant Professor, University ofBurgundy, Dijon, France
Lionel Picard, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
Saskia Richter, Associate Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Pauline Schnapper, Professor of British Studies, University of Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
Karine Tournier-Sol, Senior Lecturer in British politics, University of Toulon, France
François Vergniolle de Chantal, Professor of American Government, Paris Diderot University, Sorbonne Paris Cité