Political leaders and leadership

This book tells the story of the rise of Margaret Thatcher in the context of crises assailing Britain in the 1970s and how her ascent to power ushered in the neoliberal era.

The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790-1862) was derided by critics as "e;His Accidency.

This edited collection explores the intersections of populist communication, performative leadership and international politics.

The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives.

This book discusses the threats and challenges facing the Persian Gulf and the future security in the region, providing an overview of the major regional and extra-regional actors in Gulf security.

With Joe Biden stepping back into the national scene, the time is ripe for a close assessment of the administration in which he served as vice-president.

As deputy prime minister of Britain's coalition government during World War II, Clement Attlee became one of the most powerful figures in British politics and subsequently played a crucial role in the reshaping of the post-war party-political landscape.

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The book discusses the Pakistan factor in Indian foreign policy, covering the evolution of both Indian nationalism and Hindu nationalism and their impact on India's foreign policy framework.

Portfolio allocation in presidential systems is a central tool that presidents use to deal with changes in the political and economic environment.

In the parliamentary system of government, manifestos constitute and represent an important aspect of the democratic electoral politics as statements of a party's ideology, response and policy.

Es ist der wichtigste demokratische Prozess der Welt: die Wahl eines neuen Präsidenten der USA – oder die Wiederwahl eines amtierenden Präsidenten.

"e;A brilliantly vibrant and compulsively readable one-volume life of one of the giants of the twentieth century.

No analysis of the Donald Trump phenomenon and American neo-nationalism is satisfactory without examining the impact of both the Christian Right and the secular nationalist right, both in the USA and abroad.

This innovative encyclopedia explores the life and times of America's forty-five presidents-from the first administration to that of Donald Trump.

When President Barack Hussein Obama left office January 20, 2017, he left a fascinating legacy.

The only account of this seminal trial, written by Mandela's defence attorneyThe only account of this seminal trial, written by Mandela's defence lawyer and with a new foreword by Denis Goldberg, accused alongside Mandela and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Trump presidency has been one of the most eventful and controversial in American history, with consequences for the governance and policy of the US and beyond.

Beacon Lights of History is a 14-volume set first published in 1902.

This dual biography offers "e;a captivating, intimate portrait of one of the country's most important political dynasties"e;-often in their own words (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

This book offers the assessment of Myanmar's societal changes, development aspects, and political situation over the course of the nation's short lived democratic transition disrupted by the coup d'etat on 1 February 2021.

This book illustrates the cyclical pattern in the kinds of dilemmas that confront political leaders and, in particular, disjunctive political leaders affiliated with vulnerable political regimes.

This book explains how the U.

With the theme "e;China Dreams: Opportunities and Challenges,"e; this book contributes to emerging debates on Chinese new leadership's adaptability to important political, economic, social, and global issues.

One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights.

Adele Briscoe Looscan was the first woman president of the Texas State Historical Association, the longest-serving president of the association (19151925), and a remarkable individual.

The first woman ever elected to the U.

With a foreword written by former presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, this book portrays President Barack Obama as a true child of Hawai'i and explains why he believes that America can achieve even more greatness by learning from the multicultural customs of the 50th state.

This book studies the developments of the Brexit process between June 2016 and June 2017.

In the wake of the publication of the Chilcot report, this book reinterprets the relationship between British public opinion and the Blair government's decision-making in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In a mere one thousand days, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy created an entrancing public persona that has remained intact for more than a half-century.

The growth of the administrative state and legislative gridlock has placed the White House at the center of environmental policymaking.

This book explores the ways in which political parties, in contemporary parliamentary democracies, choose their leaders and then subsequently hold them accountable.

Luigi Zoja presents an insightful analysis of the use and misuse of paranoia throughout history and in contemporary society.

Communication defines political representation.

Since mid-2018, when she registered one of the biggest primary election upsets in the nation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as one of the most influential voices of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Author Roman Popadiuk served in the Bush White House from 1989 to 1992 as deputy assistant to the president and deputy press secretary for foreign affairs.

Why did the propaganda efforts that succeeded so thoroughly in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany fail so drastically in Greece?

Could this be the final victory for civil rights, or the first of many to come?

Die Bilder gingen um die Welt, der Gezi-Park wurde zum weltweiten Symbol des Aufstandes: Im Frühjahr 2013 protestierten hunderttausende Türken und Türkinnen und forderten mehr Demokratie und den Rücktritt Erdoğans.

Previously published as Mandela's WayWritten by the co-author of international bestseller Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela: Portrait of an Extraordinary Man presents fifteen powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression.

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India and Pakistan will be among the most important countries in the twenty-first century.

No event shaped the twentieth century more than World War II, and no leader shaped the conduct of the war and the formation of the modern world more than President Franklin D.

The Bush administration is out but the American public continues to suffer from its disastrous domestic and foreign policies.

This book examines the governance and democratization process in Africa, its history, trends, and prospects.