Political leaders and leadership

Galtieri, Lukashenka, and Putin are some of the dictators whose untrammelled personal power has been seen as typical of the dog-eat-dog nature of leadership in authoritarian political systems.

In the late sixteenth through seventeenth centuries, England simultaneously developed a national market and a national literary culture.

In the late sixteenth through seventeenth centuries, England simultaneously developed a national market and a national literary culture.

When the door closes on one prime minister's rule, what happens next?

When the door closes on one prime minister's rule, what happens next?

This book argues that explaining judicial independence-considered the fundamental question of comparative law and politics-requires a perspective that spans the democracy/autocracy divide.

This book argues that explaining judicial independence-considered the fundamental question of comparative law and politics-requires a perspective that spans the democracy/autocracy divide.

The EU's pluralistic, nonhierarchical system of multilevel governance lacks clear structures of both government and opposition.

The EU's pluralistic, nonhierarchical system of multilevel governance lacks clear structures of both government and opposition.

Long gone are the times when class-based political parties with extensive membership dominated politics.

Long gone are the times when class-based political parties with extensive membership dominated politics.

Presidential term limits restrict the maximum length of time that presidents can serve in office.

Presidential term limits restrict the maximum length of time that presidents can serve in office.

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic governance.

Political parties have long been recognized as essential institutions of democratic governance.

This is a study of international print networks developed across the English-speaking world over a significant part of the long nineteenth century.

This is a study of international print networks developed across the English-speaking world over a significant part of the long nineteenth century.

This new dictionary covers the full range of publishing-related topics, defining terms encountered in the processes of editing, producing, printing, and distributing books and digital content.

This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism.

This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism.

Few decades have given rise to such potent mythologies as the 1930s.

Few decades have given rise to such potent mythologies as the 1930s.

Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into office.

Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into office.

What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have in common?

What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have in common?

Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political class.

Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political class.

Publishing is one of the oldest and most influential businesses in the world.

Publishing is one of the oldest and most influential businesses in the world.

A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in one affordable volume.

A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in one affordable volume.

How can the news business be re-envisioned in a rapidly changing world?

Political leadership has made a comeback.

Political leadership has made a comeback.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century prime ministers loom larger in the consciousness of their nations than perhaps in any previous era.

Personality Politics?

The Democratic Leader argues that leaders occupy a unique place in democracies.

As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants?

As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants?

Campaign organizers and the media appear to agree that voters' perceptions of party leaders have an important impact in elections: considerable effort is made to ensure that leaders look good, speak well, and that they are up in the polls.

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

Outcomes of legislative elections are typically reported in terms of party support: how many votes and seats were obtained by each party?

English Literature in the 1960s soon threw off its post-war weariness and the tepid influences of the previous decade.

Nelson Mandela, the first African politician to acquire a world following, remains in the 21st century an iconic figure.

This book examines the role played by the parties themselves in two-party systems.

A publishing phenomenon began in Glasgow in 1765.

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

Most democratic citizens today are distrustful of politicians, political parties, and political institutions.

Victorian Britain offered to the globe an economic structure of unique complexity.