Leadership in Context

by Hargrove, Erwin C.; Owens, John E.; Bell, David Scott; Campbell, Colin; Hargrove, Erwin C.; Harlen, Christine Margerum; Lord, Christopher J.; Theakston, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780742528536
• ISBN10: 0742528537
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-22
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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.

Author Biography

Marcel Danesi is professor of anthropology, semiotics, and communication theory at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Political Leadership in Context
Erwin C. Hargrove and John E. Owens	1	(16)
Presidential Leadership: Skill in Context
Erwin C. Hargrove	17	(26)
Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and Lott
John E. Owens	43	(46)
Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in Britain
Kevin Theakston	89	(42)
The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized Leadership
Colin Campbell	131	(32)
Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational Context
Christopher J. Lord	163	(24)
The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to Schroder
Christine Margerum Harlen	187	(24)
The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterrand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders
David S. Bell	211	(25)
Index	236	(11)
About the Contributors	247