Political leaders and leadership

This book explores speeches by American presidents.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the 'technocratic shift' in ministerial recruitment, measuring its extent and variations over time in fourteen European countries.

This book analyzes Revolutionary Committees during the Cultural Revolution period in the People's Republic of China.

This book explores the relationship between the personality of political leaders, its interaction with top leadership positions and its impact on the respective parties' electoral performance and organization.

This book aims to explain why some presidents are more successful than others in winning the support of legislators during periods of unified government.

This book provides an accessible yet critical analysis of the Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn (?

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

This book examines the politics of renewable electricity policy in democratic Spain.

This book explores Charles De Gaulle's use and strict control of television between 1958 and 1969, highlighting the association between charismatic power and television with regards to legitimizing the Gaullist leadership and determining an evolution towards presidentialism during the Fifth Republic.

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This book examines the factors determining the character, depth, scope and outcomes of changes made by political parties in the aftermath of electoral losses.

This book studies party leaders from selection to post-presidency.

This book examines the changes in the career experiences and profiles of 350 European prime ministers in 26 European democracies from 1945 to 2020.

This book explores the varying ways in which political parties in Europe make arguably their most important decisions: the selection of their leaders.

This book offers a comparative perspective on the semi-presidential regimes of Portugal and Timor-Leste, suggesting that they both reserve a "e;moderating power"e; for presidents in line with what was theorized by Benjamin Constant.

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of public opinion toward presidential candidate spouses over the course of three decades, drawing on multiple theoretical frameworks including the concept of "e;new traditionalism"e; and a plethora of empirical data to explore why some spouses engender greater support than others-and what these reactions reveal about the American public and the gendered nature of the American presidency.

This book illustrates how social media platforms enable us to understand everyday politics and evaluates the extent to which they can foster accountability, transparency and responsiveness.

The British General Election of 2019 is the definitive account of one of the most consequential and controversial general elections in recent times, when Boris Johnson gambled everything calling an early election to 'Get Brexit Done', and emerged triumphant.

This work attempts to understand the chaotic and enigmatic presidency of Donald Trump through Neustadt's iconic work on presidential power and bargaining.

This book explores human decision-making heuristics and studies how nudging and winking can help citizens to make rational choices.

This book examines the many ways in which the Communist Party in China is still revolutionary by focusing on how, in recent years, it has attempted to mobilize Party members to become ethical subjects.

This book analyses the processes and factors that contributed to the emergence and eventual consolidation of the Greek Cypriot Right in the era of British colonialism.

This book aims to present a coherent picture of Germany's European policy during Merkel's chancellorship.

This book investigates the phenomenon of permanent campaigning in Greece over the last decade.

This book provides an analysis of the urban government system in Bangladesh, focusing on its upper tier, the City Corporation (CC), and the institutional and legal frameworks within which it operates.

Historically, segments of white Americans have let racist paranoia supersede judicious reasoning throughout our history.

This book explores human decision-making heuristics.

This book examines the relationship between corruption scandals and transitional processes in post-Milosevic Serbia after 2000.

This book focuses on the impact of political leaders on the integration process led by the European Union.

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Forecasts of the death of democracy are often heard and the United Kingdom is on the death watch list.

This book traces the evolution of the constitutional order, explaining Donald Trump's election as a symptom of a degraded democratic-capitalist system.

How to better coordinate policies and public services across public sector organizations has been a major topic of public administration research for decades.

This book provides a multifaceted analysis of how the human face drives many of our most important social behaviors.

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika nehmen in den internationalen Beziehungen schon seit Jahrzehnten eine herausragende Stellung ein.

This book provides a scholarly assessment and analysis of the Trump campaign and early presidency.

This book offers an analysis of Putin's approval ratings from the fall of the USSR to the present day.

This book examines how local agencies in Cambodia and Mindanao (the Philippines) have developed their own models of peacebuilding under the strong influence and advocacy of external intervention.

Die Entscheidung ist Freiheit in Aktion.

Krankheiten politischer Akteure galten lange Zeit als Schwäche.

This book provides a global overview of populist actors and strategies around the globe from a comparative perspective.

Nach der Bundestagswahl 2017 entflammte die Diskussion über das erneut schwache Abschneiden der SPD.

Kein Präsident war zur Halbzeit seiner Präsidentschaft jemals so unpopulär wie Donald J.