Political leaders and leadership Books

Book SynopsisThe quest for moral leaders is both a personal quest that takes place in the hearts and minds of leaders and a pursuit by individuals, groups, organizations, communities and societies for leaders who are both ethical and effective. The contributors to this volume, all top scholars in leadership studies and ethics, provide a nuanced discussion of the complex ethical relationships that lie at the core of leadership.Two distinct factors make the ethics of leadership different from the ethics of other individuals. The first is power - the way leaders exercise it and the temptations that come with it. The second is the moral relationship they have with followers and the range of people with whom they have moral relationships and obligations. In The Quest for Moral Leaders, the contributors explore how leaders themselves view their role, as well as the ways in which leadership functions within business, politics and society. The volume begins with chapters examining how religious beliefs and emotions color the way leaders make decisions. The second section covers how leaders think about morality, while the book's final chapters shift our attention to the function of leadership within organizations.The first book to offer perspectives on leadership ethics from the ancient Greek ideas on reverence to the moral problems of executive compensation, The Quest for Moral Leaders is a must-read for scholars and students of leadership, ethics and business. Leadership consultants will also find this in-depth analysis a valuable resource.Trade Review'All of the authors, perhaps most notably Robert C. Solomon and Norman E. Bowie, are well-established academic scholars. All of the essays, including the introduction, are scholarly, well written, and easily digestible by undergraduate students. Highly recommended.' -- R.F. White, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Hearts of Leaders: Virtues, Feelings, and Faith 1. The Shape of Freedom: Democratic Leadership in the Ancient World 2. Emotional Leadership, Emotional Integrity 3. Ethical Diversity and the Leader’s Religious Commitments Part II: The Minds of Leaders: Responsibility, Necessary Sin, and Fairness 4. Abuse, Privilege, and the Conditions of Responsibility for Leaders 5. ‘Oh Lord, Won’t You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz’: How Compensation Practices are Undermining the Credibility of Executive Leaders 6. Dirty Hands, Necessary Sin, and the Ethics of Leaders Part III: The Body of Leadership: Moral Systems and Organizations 7. Fairness as Effectiveness: How Leaders Lead 8. That Which Governs Best: Leadership, Ethics and Human Systems 9. Expanding the Horizons of Leadership Index

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Book SynopsisThis first full account of Obasanjo's life from 1937 to 2010 combines an analysis of an exceptionally vital and complicated man with a history of an exceptionally vital and complicated country. Olusegun Obasanjo was Nigeria's military head of state (1976-9) and President (1999-2007). His career is made the focus for a history of Nigeria's first fifty years of independence (1960-2010) and of African continental affairs during the same period (Obasanjo having been an active opponent of apartheid and an architect of the African Union). The most important African leader of his generation, Obasanjo has had an extraordinarily diverse career as soldier, politician, statesman, farmer, author, political prisoner, Baptist preacher, and family patriarch. As a soldier, he secured the victory in Nigeria's civil war. As military head of state, he returned the country to civilian rule. For the next 20 years he was ceaselessly active, before spending three years as a political prisoner. Released from prison, Obasanjo served Nigeria as elected President from 1999 to 2007, until his growing authoritarianism and his manipulation of his successor's election ruined his reputation among many Nigerians. This book argues that the controversial end to his presidency must be understood in the light of his earlier career. The author has used mainly published sources, especially Nigerian newspapers and political memoirs, as well as recently released FCO documents in Britain. John Iliffe is a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He retired as Professor of African History at Cambridge in 2006 and has published widely on African history including: A Modern History of Tanganyika; The Emergence of African Capitalism; The African Poor: A History; Africans: the History of a Continent; Honour in African History and The African Aids Epidemic: A History. Nigeria: HEBN [PB]Trade ReviewA comprehensive and engaging survey of Obasanjo's life and career from his birth in 1937 and humble origins to his retirement after 2007. [...] Iliffe's analysis of Nigerian politics makes excellent reading, and underlines just how difficult it is for anyone to manage the Nigerian state. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY *There is little that John Ilife's clear and unvarnished biography [...] fails to uncover. * SURVIVAL: GLOBAL POLITICS & STRATEGY *A nuanced biographical narrative stewed with Nigerian history in global context. [...] This is an imaginative and ambitious study. * THE HISTORIAN *A rich and dispassionate biography [that] offers a revealing and remarkably comprehensive overview of postcolonial Nigerian history. * JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY *Will surely add to John Iliffe's reputation as one of the world's most acclaimed African historians. [...] The book is an ingeniously scripted history taking a thoughtful and often critical approach to governance in Nigeria under Obasanjo. * THE ROUND TABLE *An important new biography. [...] Iliffe's biography is of a statesman but it is also an outstanding study of a half century of Nigerian politics. His book sets an admirably high as well as a new standard for African biography by which the work of his successors will have to be judged. * THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW *A scholarly and very highly recommended study of an international figure who has put Nigeria on the course it is today, for better or for worse. * MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW *John Iliffe's biography is the most authoritative, comprehensive and well informed account of Obasanjo's rule and personality up to now. * H-SOZ-U-KULT *This is an important examination of possibly the most controversial personality in modern Nigerian politics. The strength of this study is that it is an outsider's calmer examination of a man who evokes such strong emotions that studies of him within Nigeria are necessarily tainted by widespread perceptions of who he is. - -- Abdul Raufu Mustapha, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPreface A man of controversy Part I MAKING A CAREER (1937-70) Yoruba boy Nigerian soldier Coups & civil war PART II MILITARY RULE (1970-79) Chance and power State-directed development African liberation Return to civilian rule PART III PRIVATE CITIZEN (1979-99) The farmer The author The statesman The politician The prisoner The candidate PART IV FIRST PRESIDENTIAL TERM (1999-2003) Containing conflict Salvaging the economy Restoring international relationships President and politicians Re-election PART V SECOND PRESIDENTIAL TERM (2003-7) The imperious presidency Economic reform Africa's elder statesman Managing the succession Retirement

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Book SynopsisCommanding biography that tells the full story of this enigmatic political leader's life and political career for the first time, from township youth and student activist to president of the post-apartheid state. President Cyril Ramaphosa is South Africa's fifth post-apartheid president. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as the founder of the National Union of Mineworkers. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, Ramaphosa was at the head of the reception committee that greeted him. Chosen as secretary general of the African National Congress in 1991, Ramaphosa led the ANC's team in negotiating the country's post-apartheid constitution.Thwarted in his ambition to succeed Mandela, he exchanged political leadership for commerce, ultimately becoming one of the country's wealthiest businessmen, a breeder of exotic cattle, and a philanthropist. This fully revised and extended edition charts Ramaphosa's early life and education, and his career in trade unionism - including the 1987 21-day miners' strike when he committed the union to the wider liberation struggle - politics, and constitution-building. Extensive new chapters explore his contribution to the National Planning Commission, the effects of the Marikana massacre on his political prospects, and the real story behind his rise to the deputy presidency of the country in 2014. They set out the constraints Ramaphosa faced as Jacob Zuma's deputy, and explain how he ultimately triumphed in the election of the ANC's new president in 2017. The book concludes with an analysis of the challenges Ramaphosa faces as the country's fifth post-apartheid president. Based on numerous personal conversations with Ramaphosa over the past decade, and on rich interviews with many of the subject's friends and contemporaries,this new biography offers a frank appraisal of one of South Africa's most enigmatic political figures. ANTHONY BUTLER is Professor of Political Studies at the University of Cape Town. He has been a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and a past Director of the Policy and Administration programme at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Chair in Political Studies at the University of the Witswatersrand. Exclusive sales rightsin the UK, Europe and North America, non-exclusive elsewhere (not for sale in South Africa - Jacana)Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: Fluent and deeply informed. [...] A fine biography. * LEEDS AFRICAN STUDIES BULLETIN *A very good biography. * NEW YORK TIMES *[T]he text has become a necessary and important contribution to available resources for scholars, authors and leisure readers of politics, history, and developmental psychology. -- African Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface PART ONE: FORMATIVE YEARS No place to rest High school Turfloop Detention June '76 Behind enemy lines PART TWO: BUILDING UNION POWER Black unions Small beginnngs The great negotiator Entrenching union power August 1987 PART THREE: APARTHEID'S DOMESTIC ENDGAME Domestic opposition Becoming ANC By Mandela's side ANC secretary-general PART FOUR: NEGOTIATING THE TRANSITION BC: Negotiations, 1984 to 1991 Return of the great negotiator Triumph and disappointment PART FIVE: TREADING WATER Chairman Cyril Statesman, philanthropist and farmer PART SIX: NO LONGER BUSINESS AS USUAL Planning the future Marikana Mangaung and after Back to Marikana Being Zuma's Deputy The billion rand election A visionary pragmatist in the Union Buildings?

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Book SynopsisIn this compelling book, top scholars from diverse fields describe the progress they have made in developing a general theory of leadership. Led by James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the classic Leadership (1978), they tell the story of this intellectual venture and the conclusions and questions that arose from it.The early chapters describe how, in order to discuss an integrative theory, the group first wrestled with the nature of theory as well as basic aspects of the human condition that make leadership necessary and possible. They then tackle topics such as: the many faces of power woven into the leadership fabric; crucial elements of group dynamics and the leader-follower relationship; ethical issues lying at the heart of leadership; constructivist perspectives on leadership, causality, and social change; and the historical and cultural contexts that influence and are influenced by leadership. The book concludes with a commentary by Joanne Ciulla and an Afterword by James MacGregor Burns.The contributors' thorough coverage of leadership, as well as their approach to this unique undertaking, will be of great interest to leaders, students and scholars of leadership.Trade Review'This book represents a most robust look at the study of leadership while representing multiple disciplines in a "quest" to find agreement about leadership and theory.' -- Russ Volckmann, International Leadership ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. A Quest for a Grand Theory of Leadership J. Thomas Wren 2. Leadership and the Human Condition Michael Harvey 3. The Theory and Metatheory of Leadership: The Important but Contested Nature of Theory Mark C. Walker 4. Power Michael Harvey 5. Leader–Follower Relations: Group Dynamics and the Role of Leadership Crystal L. Hoyt, George R. Goethals and Ronald E. Riggio 6. A Framework for a General Theory of Leadership Ethics Terry L. Price and Douglas A. Hicks 7. Causality, Change and Leadership Gill Robinson Hickman and Richard A. Couto 8. A Constructionist Lens on Leadership: Charting New Territory Sonia Ospina and Georgia L.J. Sorenson 9. Contemplating Context J. Thomas Wren and Elizabeth Faier 10. What We Learned Along the Way: A Commentary Joanne B. Ciulla 11. Afterword James MacGregor Burns Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique, cross-disciplinary volume encourages a new synthesis in the vibrant field of leadership studies. Comprising reflective conversations among scholars from different disciplines, the contributors explore common ground for new research and ideas. Beginning with chapters by noted experts in fields such as psychology, education and philosophy, the contributors present the key contributions from their disciplines. Through sustained critical interrogation and discussion, the goal is to discover to what extent 'leadership studies' exists, or can exist, as a meaningful discipline. Taken as a whole, the book presents a vigorous and timely picture of the diversity of contemporary leadership studies. A must-read for serious scholars and students of leadership, this accessible and insightful book will be an exemplary foundational text for understanding the breadth and reach of interdisciplinary leadership studies.Contributors: J.B. Ciulla, M.A. Genovese, G.R.. Goethals, M. Harvey, M. Hittleman, C.L. Hoyt, S.K. Johnson, A.M. Mitra, S.E. Murphy, S.M. Ospina, N.W. Provizer, R.E. Riggio, R.J. Sternberg, L.A. Tritle, S.P. Turner, N.O. Warner, J.T. WrenTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction: The Dialogue of Disciplines Ronald E. Riggio 2. Is Leadership Studies a Discipline? Ronald E. Riggio 3. The Jepson School: Liberal Arts as Leadership Studies Joanne B. Ciulla PART II: THE DISCIPLINES 4. Leadership and the Classics Michael A. Genovese and Lawrence A. Tritle 5. Handmaiden and Queen: What Philosophers Find in the Question: “What is a Leader?” Joanne B. Ciulla 6. Of History and Leadership: The Discipline of History and the Understanding of Leadership J. Thomas Wren 7. Classic Sociology: Weber as an Analyst of Charisma Stephen P. Turner 8. Thinking Sociologically about Leadership Sonia M. Ospina and Margo Hittleman 9. What Makes Leadership Necessary, Possible and Effective: The Psychological Dimensions George R. Goethals and Crystal L. Hoyt 10. The Management Perspective: Engineering Effective Leadership in Organizations Ronald E. Riggio 11. Leadership Research and Education: How Business Schools Approach the Concept of Leadership Susan Elaine Murphy and Stefanie K. Johnson 12. Political Science and the Study of Leadership: Where Have You Gone, Homo Politicus? Norman W. Provizer 13. Leadership and Education: Leadership Stories Robert J. Sternberg 14. Leadership in Literary Perspective Nicholas O. Warner 15. Learning How to Look: The Art of Observation and Leadership Development Anu M. Mitra PART III: INTEGRATION 16. Questioning Leadership: An Integrative Model Michael Harvey Index

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Book SynopsisIn one of the first attempts to link the expanding field of leadership studies with classic works in political theory, Kenneth Ruscio places the study of political leadership squarely within the field of democratic thought and argues that claims about the legitimate duties and responsibilities of leaders depend upon claims about principles of democracy.It is impossible to imagine effective democracies without effective leaders. Yet leaders are often seen as the problem democratic governance is designed to solve, not the solution. Through a careful but lively critique of some of the classic works in modern democratic thought - from Machiavelli to Locke and from The Federalist Papers to Rawls - The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy explains what is meant by effective political leadership in a system and culture of government where the power and discretion of leaders are severely limited. A compelling and provocative study, this volume will be of interest to scholars of leadership studies, political scientists, democratic theorists, and all those interested in concepts of democracy and the challenges faced by leaders.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Dilemma of Leadership and Democracy 1. Why Democratic Theory is Essential for Leadership Theory 2. The Road to Public Reason 3. Locke’s Prerogative, Jay’s Pirouette: Why Trust Still Matters in Contemporary Democratic Leadership 4. On Disney, Presidents, and the Problem of the Parts and the Whole 5. Public and Private Interest: The Development of an Idea 6. Madison’s Fears and Aspirations 7. The ‘Parts and the Whole’ in Contemporary Times 8. Conclusion: Is Good Politics Bad Leadership? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor nearly ten years - indeed more if we include his period of influence under Mandela's presidency - Thabo Mbeki bestrode South Africa's political stage. Despite attempts by some in the new ANC leadership to airbrush out his role, there can be little doubt that Mbeki was a seminal figure in South Africa's new democracy, one who left a huge mark in many fields, perhaps most controversially in state and party management, economic policy, public health intervention, foreign affairs and race relations. If we wish to understand the character and fate of post-1994 South Africa, we must therefore ask: What kind of political system, economy and society has the former President bequeathed to the government of Jacob Zuma and to the citizens of South Africa generally? This Question is addressed head-on here by a diverse range of analysts, commentators and participants in the political process. Amongst the specific questions they seek to answer: What is Mbeki's legacy for patterns of inclusion and exclusion based on race, class and gender? How, if at all, did his presidency reshape relations within the state, between the state and the ruling party and between the state and society? How did he reposition South Africa on the continent and in the world? This book will be of interest to anyone wishing to understand the current political landscape in South Africa, and Mbeki's role in shaping it.Table of ContentsChapter 1: MBEKI AND HIS LEGACY: A critical introduction DARYL GLASER Chapter 2 MBEKI’S LEGACY: Some conceptual markers PETER HUDSON Chapter 3 WHY IS THABO MBEKI A ‘NITEMARE’? MARK GEVISSER Chapter 4 MACHIAVELLI MEETS THE CONSTITUTION: Mbeki and the law RICHARD CALLAND AND CHRIS OXTOBY Chapter 5 THABO MBEKI AND DISSENT 105 JANE DUNCAN Chapter 6 CIVIL SOCIETY AND UNCIVIL GOVERNMENT: The Treatment Action Campaign versus Thabo Mbeki, 1998-2008 MARK HEYWOOD Chapter 7 SEEING OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US: Racism, technique and the Mbeki administration STEVEN FRIEDMAN Chapter 8 TOWARDS A COMMON NATIONAL IDENTITY: Did Thabo Mbeki help or hinder? EUSEBIUS MCKAISER Chapter 9 THABO MBEKI’S LEGACY OF TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY CHRIS LANDSBERG Chapter 10 THABO MBEKI AND THE GREAT FOREIGN POLICY RIDDLE PETER VALE

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1916, Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa was written by one of the South Africa’s most talented early 20th-century black leaders and journalists. Plaatje’s pioneering book arose out of an early African National Congress campaign to protest against the discriminatory1913 Natives Land Act. Native Life vividly narrates Plaatje’s investigative journeying into South Africa’s rural heartlands to report on the effects of the Act and his involvement in the deputation to the British imperial government. At the same time it tells the bigger story of the assault on black rights and opportunities in the newly consolidated Union of South Africa – and the resistance to it.Originally published in war-time London, but about South Africa and its place in the world, Native Life travelled far and wide, being distributed in the United States under the auspices of prominent African-American W E B Du Bois. South African editions were to follow only in the late apartheid period and beyond.The aim of this multi-authored volume is to shed new light on how and why Native Life came into being at a critical historical juncture, and to refl ect on how it can be read in relation to South Africa’s heightened challenges today. Crucial areas that come under the spotlight in this collection include land, race, history, mobility, belonging, war, the press, law, literature, language, gender, politics, and the state.Trade Review"This suite of essays focuses on a remarkable individual - but is about so much more than just one man. This is a superb collection of poems, provocations, photos, stories and academic essays - some of which are delightfully at odds with one another." - Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch UniversityTable of ContentsAbbreviations; List of Illustrations; Foreword - Njabulo Ndebele; Reproduction of Bessie Head's Foreword to Ravan Edition (1982); Poetic Tributes; 'Lefatshe, nkometse' - SeTswana Poem with English translation 'Earth, Swallow Me' (Sabata-mpho Mokae); 'What is in a Name? In Memory of Sol T. Plaatje' (Violet Plaatje, 1933); 'Segopoco Sa Moshui Sol T. Plaatje' (James M. Malebaloa, 1933) with English translation from SeTswana (Nhlanhla Maake); Introduction (Editors); Chapter 1: Native Life in South Africa: Writing, Publication, Reception (Brian Willan); Chapter 2: Modernist At Large: The Aesthetics of Native Life in South Africa (Bhekizizwe Peterson); Chapter 3: The Print World of the Press and Native Life in South Africa (Peter Limb); Chapter 4: Going Places - Native Life in South Africa and the Politics of Mobility (Janet Remmington); Chapter 5: Native Life in South Africa and the World at War (Albert Grundlingh); Chapter 6: African Intellectual History, Black Cosmopolitanism and Native Life in South Africa (Khwezi Mkhize); Chapter 7: 'Native Lives' behind Native Life: Intellectual and Political Influences on the Early ANC and Democracy in South Africa (Andre Odendaal); Chapter 8: Whose Past? Native Life in South Africa and Historical Writing (Christopher Saunders); Chapter 9: Women and Society in Native Life in South Africa: Roles and Ruptures (Heather Hughes); Chapter 10: African Progressivism, Land, and Law: Rereading Native Life in South Africa (Keith Breckenridge); Chapter 11: Land Questions: On the Tomb ya ga Solomon Plaatje (Jacob Dlamini); Chapter 12: Revisiting the Landscapes of Native Life in South Africa: A Photo Essay (Sean O'Toole); A Contemporary Reimagining 'Ask Those You Meet along the Way' - A Short Story (Sabata-mpho Mokae); Notes on Contributors; Plaatje Resources and Archives; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book uncovers the true force behind most of the political processes in the Middle East over almost half a century. Through constant confrontations and negotiations with Israel and the Palestinians, under the watchful eye of the United States, the King managed to create a new Middle Eastern nation-state: the Jordanian country and its people. The focus of the book is Hussein's deep concern for the future of the last Hashemite monarchy, together with his own set of personal and ideological convictions, as they impacted on many of his strategic decisions and their contribution to the formation of present-day Jordan.Trade Review"This book, written by a former adviser on Arab affairs to the prime minister of Israel, is a detailed and highly laudatory account of the policies pursued by King Hussein of Jordan from 1963 until his death in 1999. Bligh argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, Hussein 'was one of the main figures shaping the fate of the Middle East since the 1960s' -- Recommended." -- Choice."The Political Legacy of King Hussein is probably the first serious book published after the untimely demise of the Jordanian monarch that sums up his political activity and heritage. In this richly documented and well written study, Dr. Bligh describes and analyses King Hussein's survival strategy in the last four decades of the 20th century, i.e., the late king's efforts to ensure the survival of both the Hashemite dynasty and Jordan itself." -- Middle East Journal.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Robert B. Satloff; Introduction; The Hashemite-Palestinian Crisis of April 1963; The Israeli-Jordanian Military Confrontation of November 1966: A Prelude to the 1967 War; Jordan in the 1967 War: A Political Victory which Guaranteed the Survival of the Kingdom; Jordanian Composite Nationalism; Is Peace Without the Territories Possible? Hussein's Reading of the Palestinian Issue between the Six Day War and UN Resolution; The Israeli and Palestinian Challenge; The 1970s: From a Survival Struggle to the Consolidation of Political Success; The Palestinian Decade and the Final Closing of the West Bank Issue; From the Gulf War to Peace, and the Road to Democracy; Conclusion; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhether you want to explore how our Prime Ministers came to reside in No.10 Downing Street, read about the official mice-catching cats also dwelling there, learn about the rarely seen soft side of the Iron Lady, or discover how Sir Robert Peel invented the police, there is something for every enthusiast to dip into.Table of ContentsContents Introduction 9 Man of the Forest - Disraeli's passion for trees Idle Jim - James Callaghan's first days in the job Speak as You Think... And Cherish Freedom - The mottoes of prime ministers Long Odds at Number Ten - The huge unlikelihood of anyone ever becoming prime minister The Inventor of Spin - David Lloyd George and the uses of the press `I am murdered, murdered...' - The strange assassination of Spencer Perceval Churchillian, but not Churchill - Five things Churchill is said to have said, but didn't Whips and Wicked Women - The peccadilloes of William Ewart Gladstone You Probably Could Make It Up - Five fictional prime ministers Terms of Office - The revolving door of Number Ten Great and Small - The diminutive Lord John Russell Born to Rule - Where do our prime ministers come from? Speaking in Tongues - The Gladstones' private language Words with Bite - Churchill's rhetorical false teeth The Great Helmsman - Heath on the crest of the wave A Quick Bath - William Poultney's quite brief turn of office Dear Prime Minister - The growing postbag at Number Ten Behind the Big Black Door - The power that resides at Number Ten Downing Street Inside Chequers - The country home of the ruling prime minister Unknown to Fame - Benjamin Disraeli, the London dandy Horses for Courses - Lord Rosebery and the Epsom Derby Dizzy's Wit - Words of wisdom from the works of Benjamin Disraeli Born for the Job - Robert Peel's pushy father Top of the Greasy Pole - Prime ministers' reaction to getting the job Sleepless in Mayfair - Lord Rosebery's cure for insomnia Boardroom Bullies - Questionable behaviour in Cabinet Premier League - The 20th-century prime ministers ranked in order of greatness Be a Butcher and Know the Joints - Prime ministers on the cut and thrust of politics Cat, Cop, Club... - Ten things named after Mrs Thatcher Who's your Uncle - How a helping hand can make all the difference Dictator or Democrat? - The two political faces of William Pitt Constabulary Work to be Done - Sir Robert Peel and the invention of the police Thatcher the Compassionate - The soft side of the Iron Lady Out the Door - Becoming an ex-PM Lend me your Ear - Wellington's unlikely brush with an untimely death Speak Easy - Asquith's gift of the gab Pam's Scandals - Digging the dirt on Lord Palmerston The Pursuit of Idleness - The slothful philosophy of Arthur Balfour Like Father... - Political dynasties in the House of Commons Ugly Rumours - Lord North, his wife and his daughter More Ugly Rumours - Tony Blair's mercifully brief Mick Jagger phase Beware the Iron Lady - The Russians' accidental compliment to Mrs Thatcher Brothers in Office - The premiership of Pelham and Newcastle Sex and the City of Westminster - Unparliamentary liaisons Before a Fall - Prime ministers and their bumps, hurts and scrapes An Unknown PM - The unjust eclipse of Andrew Bonar Law A Kingly Likeness - Prime ministers and the royal blood No Higher than a Policeman - Prime ministers' descriptions of the job Beamish Boy - The unequalled brilliance of Pitt the Younger Unseated - Life after Leadership Last Resting Place - The funerals of prime ministers Blair Play - Acting out politics `The Goat-Footed Bard...' - Maynard Keynes' assessment of Lloyd George William Pitt and the Credit Crunch - How one prime minister tackled an economic crisis The Actors who have Played Churchill - Portrayals on television and in the cinema Clever Clogs - The immense brains of Gladstone and Disraeli Bullingdon Boy - David Cameron's Time with Oxford's Posh Elite One of Bellamy's Veal Pies - Last Words of the Prime Ministers Robert Cecil's School Days - Lord Salisbury's hellish time at Eton John, Paul, George, and Harold - Wilson's desperate pursuit of popularity Cry, Baby, Cry - The politics of tearfulness Portrait of a Lady - The moulding of Mrs Thatcher Pistols at Dawn - Prime-ministerial duellists Herbert Henry, Henry Herbert - The changing forenames of prime minister Asquith A Train of One's Own - Lord Salisbury's Commute PMs and their Pets - Four-legged creatures in Downing Street Cycling Dave - The two-wheeler politician Clement Attlee, the Comic Poet - The prime ministerial letter in verse Clem, Pee-Em - Another Attleean verse Roses are Red, Tories are Blue - The PM who Loved to Arrange Flowers Evil Likenesses - PMs in cartoons and satires Wilson, a Russian Spy? - Cloak-and-dagger stuff at Number Ten A Period of Silence - The man-of-few-words style of Attlee After Anthony - Choosing the successor to Eden Allure of the Handbag - The feminine charms of Margaret Thatcher `Crisis? What Crisis?' - The damaging quote that never was A Melancholy Pacifist - The Unhappy life and premiership of the Earl of Aberdeen Bute on the Back Foot - Britain's most unpopular prime minister Four Things Named after Prime Ministers - Eponymous prime-ministerial paraphernalia The Iron Teddybear - The Duke of Wellington's soft spot for children Four More Things Named after PMs - A tea, a tow, a faithful promise and an item of footwear Trouble with Gladstone - The most insufferable prime minister of them all Destruction of a Masterpiece - The lost last portrait of Winston Churchill `Give it to Brown...' - Salisbury's inability to put a name to a face Hamish and the Sorceress - Ramsay MacDonald's love for Lady Londonderry A Home for Alec - A man between two houses The Complete Roll Call - All the prime ministers from Walpole to May Index

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Book SynopsisMaurice Yacowar challenges genre and form in Roy & Me,a cross between memoir and fiction, truth and distortion. It is theexploration of Yacowar’s relationship with Roy Farran –soldier, politician, author, mentor – and his conflict withFarran’s anti-Semitic past. Best known for his service with the Special Air Service during WorldWar II, Roy Farran served as a politician in the Legislative Assemblyof Alberta for Premier Peter Lougheed. During his time as a soldier,Farran allegedly kidnapped and murdered a sixteen-year-old member ofthe Lehi group. Roy & Me is a memoir that edges toward fiction byventuring into Farran’s thoughts, based on his writings andYacowar’s imagination.Table of ContentsPreface xi Roy andMe 3 Notes 119 Works by Roy Farran 125 About theAuthor 127

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Book SynopsisThe Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power in 2009 with a commanding majority, ending fifty years of almost uninterrupted Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) rule. What explains the DPJ's rapid rise to power? Why has policy change under the DPJ been limited, despite high expectations and promises of bold reform? Why has the party been paralyzed by internecine conflict? This volume examines the DPJ's ascendance and its policies once in power. Chapters in the volume cover: DPJ candidate recruitment, the influence of media coverage, nationalization of elections, electoral system constraints on policy change, the role of third parties, municipal mergers, the role of women, transportation policy, fiscal decentralization, information technology, response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, security strategy, and foreign policy.Japan under the DPJ makes important contributions to the study of Japanese politics, while drawing upon and advancing scholarship on a wider range of issues of interest to political scientists.Contributors include Kenneth McElwain (University of Michigan, USA), Ethan Scheiner (University of California–Davis, USA), Steven Reed (Chuo University, Japan ), Kay Shimizu (Columbia University, USA), Daniel Smith (Stanford University, USA), Robert Pekkanen (University of Washington, USA), Ellis Krauss (University of California–San Diego, USA), Yukio Maeda (University of Tokyo, Japan), Linda Hasunuma (Franklin and Marshall College, USA), Alisa Gaunder (Southwestern University, USA), Christopher Hughes (University of Warwick, UK), and Daniel Sneider (Stanford University, USA).

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Book SynopsisOne of U.S. history’s most eminent figures, Thomas Jefferson is as elusive as he is revered. The Private Jefferson opens a window onto the third president’s inner life by exploring the single largest cache of Thomas Jefferson’s private papers, held--to the surprise of many--at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Essays by Peter S. Onuf (""The State of the World: Thomas Jefferson’s Political Vision""), Andrea Wulf (""Revolutionary Gardens: Jefferson, Politics, and Plants""), and Henry Adams (""The Architectural Jefferson: The Draftsman and His Ideals"") underscore aspects of Jefferson’s character--his unusual creativity and less frequently studied perspectives on the world--rather than retelling the well-known achievements of his political career. The qualities that come to the forefront are, instead, the principles, passions, and faith that suffused his actions as a statesman, including his love of the natural world as well as his lifelong effort to find a balance between his role on an international stage and his need for a domestic retreat, a reverie for study and experimentation.Generously illustrated with full color reproductions of architectural drawings, letters, and other manuscripts, this volume is published as a companion to the exhibition The Private Jefferson: From the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Both exhibition and book celebrate the society’s 225th year.

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Book SynopsisThis autobiography follows West Virginia senator Robert C. Byrd’s experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s to his election in 2000, which won him an unprecedented eighth term in the Senate. Within these pages, Senator Byrd offers commentary on national and international events that occurred throughout his long life in public service.His journey from the hardscrabble coalfields to the marbled halls of Congress has inspired generations of people in West Virginia and throughout the nation. From reading the stories of the Founding Fathers as a young boy by the light of a kerosene lamp to the swearing of an oath for more than a half-century to guard the US Constitution, Senator Byrd’s life is legendary.Until his death on June 28, 2010, Byrd stood by his principles, earning the affection of the people of his home state and the respect of Americans from all walks of life. With his beloved Erma ever by his side, Robert C. Byrd never forgot his roots, harkening back to those early lessons that he learned as a child of the Appalachian coalfields.

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Book SynopsisBest remembered as the man who carried the United States through a civil war and emancipated four million slaves, Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of nearly seventeen thousand books. While historians have chronicled his life and presidency, they rarely go beyond his assassination by John Wilkes Booth on 14 April 1865 to look at his legacy in the American West.Abraham Lincoln: A Western Legacy reveals how the sixteenth president shaped the country beyond the Mississippi River. Having grown up on the frontier and taken part in its political development, Lincoln often turned his attention westward after becoming president. By overseeing policies such as the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railroad Act and making key political appointments, Lincoln opened American Indian lands to settlers who forever changed the landscape and laid the foundation for the region’s modern politics and identity.Author Richard W. Etulain focuses on Lincoln’s role in remaking the West while providing a concise overview of his life. He also advances Lincoln scholarship by looking at efforts to memorialize the president in the decades following his assassination. Etulain’s original research, including his use of correspondence between local figures such as Senator Peter Norbeck and historian Doane Robinson, provides unique insight into the discussions that led to Lincoln’s immortalization on a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.Abraham Lincoln: A Western Legacy is the first book in the Mount Rushmore Subseries of the South Dakota Biography Series highlighting the presidents depicted on the national memorial and other figures connected with its history.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Haitian Studies Association Book Prize Haiti Fights Back: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne Péralte is the first US scholarly examination of the politician and caco leader (guerrilla fighter) who fought against the US military occupation of Haiti. The occupation lasted close to two decades, from 1915-1934. Alexis argues for the importance of documenting resistance while exploring the occupation’s mechanics and its imperialism. She takes us to Haiti, exploring the sites of what she labels as resistance zones, including Péralte’s hometown of Hinche and the nation’s large port areas--Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien. Alexis offers a new reading of U.S. military archival sources that record Haitian protests as banditry. Haiti Fights Back illuminates how Péralte launched a political movement, and meticulously captures how Haitian women and men resisted occupation through silence, military battles, and writings. She locates and assembles rare, multilingual primary sources from traditional repositories, living archives (oral stories), and artistic representations in Haiti and the United States. The interdisciplinary work draws on legislation, cacos’ letters, newspapers, and murals, offering a unique examination of Péralte’s life (1885-1919) and the significance of his legacy through the twenty-first century. Haiti Fights Back offers a new approach to the study of the U.S. invasion of the Americas by chronicling how Caribbean people fought back. Trade Review"My book of the year is Haiti Fights Back, by Yveline Alexis (Rutgers), a brilliant study of Haitian collective resistance to the American occupation (1915– highlights the role of the caco (guerrilla) leader Charlemagne Péralte, a remarkable figure who inspired and mobilized popular opposition to the American military presence, challenging the occupying forces’ brutality and racism, and expressing the Haitian people’s humanity and dignity through an array of contentious political actions, ranging from symbolic and rhetorical interventions to demonstrations and military operations. Written with sensitivity and verve, and steeped in ground-breaking archival scholarship, this is history at its most captivating: it tells a powerful story which draws out the courage and patriotism of ordinary Haitian men and women, underscores the vitality of their revolutionary tradition, and offers a timely historical perspective on this year’s defeat of the American empire in Afghanistan."— Times Literary Supplement "Conversation with author Yveline Alexis about her new book HAITI FIGHTS BACK: The life and Legacy of Charlemagne Peralte"— Lacaye Enterprises Tele Lacaye show "Yveline Alexis zooms in on Charlemagne Péralte to show the ways in which cacos resistance to the US Occupation of 1915-1934 continues to loom large in Haitian imagination, at home and abroad. In the process, she charts and retraces his living memory as a revolutionary, martyr, and symbol of defiance in the Black Republic's ongoing battle for liberation. Haiti Fights Back looks backward to remind us why Black refusal matters now more than ever!"— Gina Athena Ulysse, author of Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD "Haiti Fights Back demonstrates all that is to be gained when Haitian voices, perspectives and experiences are privileged in the telling of Haitian history. Haitian resistance to the US occupation was swift, innovative, and constant. With her narration of Péralte’s life and legacy, Yveline Alexis offers a new path forward for engaging with the historical record."— Nadève Ménard, co-editor of The Haiti Reader: History, Culture, Politics Yveline Alexis's "Haiti Fights Back"— The Page 99 Test New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean Studies - interview with Yveline Alexis— New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations (Ilistrasyon) Introduction: Haiti Fights (Ayiti Goumen) 1 Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity/Humanity (Libète, Egalité, ak Fratènite/Imanite) 2 U.S. Invasion (Envazyon Etazini) 3 Haitians—Rise and Defend! (Ayisien(ne)—Leve epi defann!) 4 Péralte Leads (Péralte kòm Lidè) 5 Violence (Vyolans) 6 We’re Still Fighting (Nou Toujou ap Goumen) 7 Second Revolution (Dezyèm Revolisyon) 8 Péralte Resurrected (Péralte Resisite) 9 Liberation with Péralte (Liberasyon ak Péralte) 10 Péralte Will Never Die; He Remains Alive in Popular Memory (Péralte p’ap janm mouri; li rete vivan nan memwa popilè) Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIt is virtually impossible to understand the history of modern Guyana without understanding the role played by Forbes Burnham. As premier of British Guiana, he led the country to independence in 1966 and spent two decades as its head of state until his death in 1985. An intensely charismatic politician, Burnham helped steer a new course for the former colony, but he was also a quintessential strongman leader, venerated by some of his citizens yet feared and despised by others. Forbes Burnham: The Life and Times of the Comrade Leader is the first political biography of this complex and influential figure. It charts how the political party he founded, the People’s National Congress, combined nationalist rhetoric, socialist policies, and Pan-Africanist philosophies. It also explores how, in a country already deeply divided between the descendants of African slaves and Indian indentured servants, Burnham consolidated political power by intensifying ethnic polarizations. Drawing from historical archives as well as new interviews with the people who knew Burnham best, sociologist Linden F. Lewis examines how his dictatorial tendencies coexisted with his progressive convictions. Forbes Burnham is a compelling study of the nature of postcolonial leadership and its pitfalls. Trade Review"One of the most informative and insightful books on the formative years of the Guyanese nation and its charismatic founder leader Forbes Burnham who fundamentally transformed his country, punched way above his weight as a Caribbean and world leader, and was seen by many as both hero and villain. A must read!" -- George K. Danns * coauthor of Dynamics of Caribbean Diaspora Engagement: People, Policy, Practice *"Forbes Burnham: The Life and Times of the Comrade Leader, written by Linden Lewis, is an exceptional work that masterfully portrays the life of its subject with extraordinary precision and depth. Lewis's meticulous research and keen attention to detail have culminated in a book that not only illuminates Burnham's influence and legacy but also presents fresh perspectives on his character and political actions. Without any reservation, I wholeheartedly endorse this remarkable work and strongly recommend it to all." -- Nigel Westmaas * coauthor of Guyanese Periodicals *"A compelling account of the politics and leadership of Guyana’s most controversial political leader. This is more than a biography; Lewis paints a portrait that gives the reader a deeper understanding of the motions of an important slice of the post-colonial politics of the Anglophone Caribbean." -- David Hinds * associate professor of Caribbean and African Diaspora Studies at Arizona State University *Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION 1 FORBES BURNHAMThe Making of a Postcolonial Caribbean Leader 2 BRITISH GUIANAThe Genesis of the Postcolonial Struggle 3 IMPERIAL OBSTRUCTION AND BURNHAM’S DESIGN ON POLITICAL LEADERSHIP 4 THE CONSOLIDATION OF POWER 5 FRONTIERS OF DYSTOPIA AND THE CRISIS OF CHARISMA 6 THE DEMISE OF THE COMRADE LEADER 7 AN AMBIVALENT LEGACY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES BIBLIOGRPAHY INDEXPhoto gallery follows page

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Book SynopsisIn this volume scholars from around the world discuss the innovative forms of collaboration between public and private actors that contribute to making our cities more liveable. It offers helpful insights into the practices of partnerships and the ways in which partnerships can contribute to a more liveable urban environment. The liveability of our cities is a topic of increasing relevance and urgency. The world’s cities are becoming congested and polluted, putting pressure on affordable housing and causing safety to become a major problem. Urban governments are unable to address these major challenges on their own, and thus they seek cooperation with other governments, companies, civil society organizations, and citizens. By focusing on examples such as greenery in the city, affordable housing, safety, neighbourhood revitalization, and ‘learning by doing’ in urban living labs, this book asks two key questions. How do partnerships between public and private actors contribute to the liveability of cities? Under what conditions are partnerships successful, and when do they fail to yield the desired results?Table of ContentsList of illustrationsList of contributors1. Introduction Cor van Montfort and Ank MichelsPART I - Partnerships and green in cities2. Partnerships in experimental urban climate governance: insights from Seoul Jeroen van der Heijden and Seung-Hun Hong3. Liveable cities and daily life: local level urban agriculture in Orizânia, São Paulo, and Montreal Kate Dayana de Abreu, Zilma Borges, Lya Porto, and Peter Spink4. From gray to green cities: Tilburg, Melbourne, San Jose, and Cape Town Cor van Montfort and Ank Michels5. The impact of public and private partnerships on the liveability of eco-cities in the Pearl River Delta in ChinaHaiyan Lu, Li Sun, and Martin de JongPART II – Partnerships and affordable housing6. Production of middle-class residential developments in Nairobi: informal collaboration between developers and urban planners Mary Muthoni Mwangi7. Innovations in affordable housing in Dublin: lessons from not-for-profit housing developers Valesca Lima8. Emerging public-private partnership in the provision of affordable housing in China’s major cities.Zhi Liu and Desiree ChewPART III – Safety in the city9. Partnerships for safe cities: community-safety initiatives in cities in the Netherlands and Belgium Carola van Eijk10. Multi-stakeholder cooperation for safe and healthy urban environments: the case of Citizen Sensing Anna Berti Suman11. Safety in the city: building partnerships in the fight against organized crime Martijn Groenleer, Sanderijn Cels, and Jorrit de Jong PART IV – Neighborhood revitalization12. Partnerships in shrinking cities: making Baltimore ‘liveable’? Madeleine Pill13. Youths growing up in the French banlieues: partners that make the city Simone van de Wetering and Femke Kaulingfreks 14. The effectiveness, legitimacy and robustness of hybrid liveability governance. The case of Quartiersmanagement in Berlin Niels Karsten, Carlo Colombo, and Linze SchaapPART V – Urban living labs15. The governance challenge of Urban Living Laboratories: using liminal ‘in-between’ space to create liveable cities Lieke Oldenhof, Sabrina Rahmawan-Huizenga, Hester van de Bovenkamp, and Roland Bal16. Partnerships for innovation. The case of Urban Living Lab in Turin Giorgia Nesti17. Conclusions. The dynamic and fluid world of partnerships Ank Michels and Cor van MontfortIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to re-examine John Major’s leadership using techniques developed through Presidential Studies: namely using Fred Greenstein’s seminal study of Presidential Leadership, The Presidential Difference, and its six criteria for leadership (public communicator, organisational capacity, political skill, public policy vision, cognitive style, and, finally, emotional intelligence). It is through Greenstein’s model that a fresh look can be taken at not only Major’s time in office, but equally the man himself, which proves to be just as revealing. Major’s tenure has often been characterised as being weak and incompetent, as he presided over a sleaze-ridden and divided party on the issue of Europe. With almost a quarter of a century having passed since Major left office, it looks to be an appropriate moment to re-assess his premiership and important role in the recent seismic events surrounding the 2016 Brexit referendum and its outcome.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction (10,000 words)Chapter Two: The Greenstein Model In Context (10,000 words)Chapter Three: Public Communicator (10,000 words)Chapter Four: Organisational Capacity (10,000 words)Chapter Five: Political Skill (10,000 words)Chapter Six: Vision (10,000 words)Chapter Seven: Cognitive Style and Emotional Intelligence (10,000 words)Chapter Eight: Conclusion (10,000 words)

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the impact of political leaders on the integration process led by the European Union. It aims at a better understanding of the European Union through the actions, contributions, and ideas of these outstanding characters to European integration and disintegration. By doing so, the book offers an entirely new perspective, presenting the actions of the main actors involved, their background, their historical time, their challenges and problems, and how they influenced the European Union's development. The authors in detail discuss different ideas connected to leaders, such as Jean Monnet and neo-functionalism, Spinelli and federalism or Churchill and the idea of cooperation. Furthermore, the book examines major policies and events, like the Common Agricultural Policy, the creation of the Euro as a consequence of the German reunification and Mitterrand’s reactions, or Brexit and its connection to the impact of Margaret Thatcher. The global essence of the book makes it a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars interested in a better understanding of the European Union's integration process.Table of ContentsIntroduction. - GEORGE OF PODĚBRADY (The role of external stimulus to the European integration).- CHARLES-IRÉNÉE CASTEL, ABBÉ DE SAINT-PIERRE (The role of Religion in the European integration).- IMMANUEL KANT (The idea of progress and European integration).- GASPAR MELCHOR DE JOVELLANOS (And other Europeanists in favour of the socioeconomic well-being of the nations of Europe).- VICTOR HUGO (and other pro- “good governance” and “United States of Europe” Europeanists).- RICHARD N. COUDENHOVE-KALERGI.- ARISTIDE BRIAND (Cooperation as the motor of Europe).- JOSÉ ORTEGA Y GASSET.- MADARIAGA AND THE SEARCH FOR A FREE EUROPE.- DENIS DE ROUGEMONT: AN EUROPOS FEDERALIST.- JULIÁN MARÍAS AGUILERA.- JEAN MONNET (Neofunctionalism at work in the European Integration).- ALTIERO SPINELLI (Federalism in the European Integration).- ROBERT SCHUMAN (and the pro-European political generation of 1950).- WINSTON CHURCHILL (Cooperation and British support to the European Integration).- DE GAULLE (The role of the Member States in the European Union).- MARGARET THATCHER (British strategy in the European Integration).- HELMUT KOHL (The German reunification and the genesis of the European Union).- FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND (French leadership in the European Union).- Andreas Papandreou: towards the European solidarity.- SIMONE VEIL. A EUROPEANIST COMMITTED TO THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS.- Emmanuel Macron: the return of France as a driving force for European integration?

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume contributes to a better understanding of parliamentary changes in times of political transition, and, specifically, the composition of the Greek Parliament before and after the debt crisis. It discusses the profiles of Greek MPs through the lens of continuity and renewal, starting with the first major political crisis after the Metapolitefsi in 1989 and ending with the last legislative elections of 2019. Greece attracted scholarly and international interest due to the transformations that the sovereign debt crisis provoked to its political and partisan system. It is one of the countries of the European periphery most severely hit during the great recession. However, no work so far has been devoted exclusively to the study of Greek parliamentary elites, their cultural and political characteristics, and the factors that shape their selection and election. The book is a multifaceted source of information for all those interested in understanding forms of political representation during normal times and times of crisis. Its distinctive advantage is that it offers an up to date and complete elite study in Greece comparable to similar European studies. Moreover, it is a useful tool for students, scholars and researchers interested in the study of political representation across Europe.Table of Contents1. Greek Parliamentary elites in transition (1989-2019)Manina Kakepaki and Fani Kountouri2. Gender, representation and the politics of exclusion. Or, who represents, who is represented?Maro Pantelidou-Maloutas3. Politics and profession: continuities and discontinuities in the occupational composition of the Greek parliamentary eliteGiorgos Bithimitris4. From Media to Politics: Journalists in the Greek ParliamentFani Kountouri5. Young conservatives, media personalities or old-school elites? The many faces of New Democracy MPs across time.Manina Kakepaki6. From Hegemony to Pasokification. Socialist MP’s in transitionGerasimos Karoulas7. Composition and Role of Parliamentary Elites as an Indicator of Party Transformation: The Case of SYRIZA.Danai Koltsida8. Mapping of the Extreme right MPs: From LAOS to Greek SolutionCostis Pierides9. Candidates’ personal preference votes and changes in parliamentary representationPanagiotis Custenis10. The emergence of “technocracy" in Greek ministerial elitesGerasimos Karoulas, Nikos Klironomos and Nikos Souliotis11. Make or Break? A Comparison of Parliamentary Representation in Cyprus and Greece in the Background of the Economic Crisis.Yiannos Katsourides and Andrea Kwsta12. Three generations of parliamentary elites. A proposed typologyManina Kakepaki and Fani Kountouri

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsFrontmatter -- INHALT -- EINLEITUNG -- 1. THE NEW FRONTIER -- 2. SPEECH TO THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE LEGISLATURE -- 3. INAUGURAL ADDRESS -- 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEACE CORPS -- 5. AFRICAN FREEDOM DAY RECEPTION -- 6. ON ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT -- 7. SOVIET MISSILE BASES IN CUBA -- 8. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION -- 9. STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE -- 10. TOWARD A STRATEGY OF PEACE -- 11. IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL OF PAULSKIRCHE, FRANKFURT -- 12. AT THE CITY HALL, WEST BERLIN -- ANMERKUNGEN

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Book SynopsisBarack Obama ran for president in 2008 with a message of a shared purpose uniting all Americans, and was elected with expectations that he would usher in a new national culture under an approach grounded in public engagement that would transcend partisan divisions. But in a system designed for incremental and contested policy-making governance, enacting these transformational ambitions proved to be far more difficult than anticipated. This book assesses the legacy of President Obama, with a conceptual focus on the challenge of meeting his goals with the realities of governing. Political science, history, and communication studies experts systematically examine Obama's performance, accomplishments, and shortcomings through the lens of tensions and obstacles with translating transformational campaign promises into policies. The case studies in this book address campaigning and coalition building, party polarization, presidential communication, executive power, leadership, and domestic

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Book SynopsisThis book studies party leaders from selection to post-presidency. Based on data covering a large set of Western countries, and focusing on the trends of personalisation of politics, the volume is one of the first empirical investigations into how party leaders are elected, how long they stay in office, and whether they enter and guide democratic governments. It also provides novel data on how leaders end their career in a broad and diverse range of business activities. Topics covered include political leaders’ increasing autonomy, their reinforcement of popular legitimation, often through the introduction of direct election by party rank and file, and their grip on party organization. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in political parties, political leadership, the transformation of democracy, and comparative politics.Table of ContentsChapter I. Leader and Party: Still an Oxymoron?.- Chapter II. The Direct Election of Party Heads.- Chapter III. The Iron Law of Leadership: Ideology and Party Organization.- Chapter IV. The Party Leader in Government.- Chapter V. Leaders in Business.- Chapter VI. The Personal Side of Politics.

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Book SynopsisDieses essential interpretiert und erklärt den Bundestagswahlkampf 2017. ​Nach einleitenden Überlegungen, die sich einerseits auf frühere Wahlen beziehen und andererseits die spezifische Relevanz der Bundestagswahl 2017 herausstellen, folgen die Hauptkapitel Wahlverhalten und Wahlen – Parteien und Parteiensystem – politisch und arithmetisch mögliche Koalitionsszenarien. Der abschließende Ausblick bietet einige Hinweise, vor welchen Herausforderungen die regierenden Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl stehen. Der Beitrag berücksichtigt zwar vor allem die Vorgänge im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2017, verzichtet aber nicht darauf, Parallelen und Unterschiede zu früheren Wahlen herauszuarbeiten.Table of ContentsWahlen.- Parteiensystem und Parteien.- Koalitionsgefüge​

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Book SynopsisKein Präsident war zur Halbzeit seiner Präsidentschaft jemals so unpopulär wie Donald J. Trump – dabei zugleich aber ausgesprochen populär unter Republikanern. Im Urteil der Experten gehört Trump mit Andrew Johnson und James Buchanan zu den drei schlechtesten US-Präsidenten aller Zeiten. Trumps innenpolitische Halbzeitbilanz war mager und seine außenpolitische Wirkung war ein Fiasko. Katastrophal war Trumps Regierungstechnik. Sie bestand vor allem in populistischen Attacken auf die demokratischen Institutionen. Die US-Demokratie erodierte weiter, ohne jedoch bereits in den Autoritarismus abzugleiten.Table of ContentsTrumps innenpolitische Leistungsbilanz.- Trumps außenpolitische Leistungsbilanz.- Trumps populistische Attacken auf die demokratischen Institutionen.- Trumps Gesamtbilanz nach zwei Jahren.

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Book SynopsisFrom childhood, Ma Thida dreamed of helping others—caring for the sick, sharing information despite censorship, and standing up for people’s rights. To stand against the oppression that had been stifling Myanmar’s progress for decades, she joined Aung San Suu Kyi and the many other activists in the National League for Democracy, campaigning steadfastly despite intimidation, harassment, and worse. Because of her efforts, the regime sent her to Insein Prison, where she faced serious illness and bleak conditions. However, it was in fighting the obstacles of her imprisonment and following the Buddha’s teachings that Ma Thida found what it means to be truly free. In this memoir, readers join Ma Thida on her path through captivity and witness one remarkable woman’s courageous quest for truth and dignity.

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Book SynopsisOne figure strides across modern Cambodian history – Norodom Sihanouk. From his accession to the throne of Cambodia in 1941 until his extravagant funeral ceremony in 2013, the prince turned `king father’ in later life never dodged controversy. But this is not a biography of Sihanouk; the focus is upon the final decades of the French protectorate, the rise of a counter-elite and winning of Cambodia’s independence. Manipulation of the 1,000-year-old monarchy comes to the heart of this book, as does indigenous resistance, Buddhist activism, French cultural creationism, the rise of radical republicanism, Thai recidivism and wartime Japanese machinations. Carried through into the postwar period, the seeds of Cambodia’s own destruction were being sown in the jungle perimeters, rubber plantations, schools and monkhood, and even in the classrooms of prestigious French institutions. Deeply embedded Khmer cultural conventions and the interplay of charismatic power and patronage are not irrelevant to this discussion, indeed inform us as to the future and even present-day patterns of political behaviour. The skill of the young Sihanouk in navigating between Vichy France, Japanese militarists, republican opportunists, armed rural insurgency and French proconsuls is brought to life by a range of new archival documentation. A book is also a work of premonition as much inquiry, exploring how did a country of such grace and natural bounty come to be associated with the worst excesses of mass murder and genocide experienced in the twentieth century. The long political prelude as exposed in this book makes the now clichéd `tragedy of Cambodian history’ much more comprehensible.

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Book SynopsisMy Political Journey is P.J. Patterson’s account of his time as an active and successful participant in the political and social development of Jamaica and the Caribbean, from the mid-1950s well into the early 2000s. He was widely regarded as a master political strategist and universally acknowledged as an astute negotiator.Jamaica is an enigma: its global impact belies its population and geographical size. This story of one of its most exceptional citizens is an enlightening revelation of the island’s political and cultural narrative. Patterson was born in 1935, the dawn of a new era in the development of Jamaica and the Caribbean. A previously disenfranchised population would gain a voice through universal adult suffrage and have a say in the direction of the nation’s affairs. Within a few decades, an independent nation would emerge to make a significant impact on the global landscape. Patterson is both a product of this new Jamaica and one of its architects, and his is a compelling and intimate account of a dramatic era for the young nation.P.J. Patterson led his country with distinction, implementing policies and programmes to foster social renewal and the development of a modern Jamaica that was prepared to face the challenges of the new millennium. Throughout his career in the People’s National Party, he gained international respect through the pivotal roles he played in the advancement of the causes of the developing countries of the world. My Political Journey recounts his performance at the national, regional and global levels and is a fascinating record of a nation’s postcolonial growth.Trade Review“Were My Political Journey not memoirs obedient to modesty, an apt title might have been The Best of the Caribbean. For that is what P.J. has been and because of the values, the dreams, the efforts that guided that life, this candid account of them will influence generations of West Indians beyond the present to know that the best is attainable still.” - Sir Shridath “Sonny” Ramphal, Former Commonwealth Secretary General“This is more than an autobiography as it provides invaluable insights, information and, more importantly, the context of the issues that have consumed the attention of Caribbean leaders for the last fifty years. . . . Perhaps the most significant aspect of this memoir is P.J.’s keen sense of the changes that were occurring and the need for new strategies for successful governance and leadership in the age of globalization.” - The Most Honourable Sir Kenneth Hall, former Governor General of Jamaica“A fascinating memoir. Prime Minister Patterson, as a real statesman, shows how the English-speaking Caribbean became a unique player at the regional arena, enlarging its influence in the Latin American Region, and at the world level.” - Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile“For many decades Jamaica stood out in our eyes as an outstanding example of valuable and moving solidarity. This was significantly because of the eminent and principled position which the late Prime Minister Michael Manley took in support of the struggles for the liberation of South Africa and Africa from apartheid and colonialism. We were fortunate that as we entered into the post-apartheid period we could still count on Jamaica to continue to serve as a reliable comrade-in-arms, thanks to the support and wisdom of P.J. Patterson as we grappled with the new challenges at home and abroad which came with our liberation.” - Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa“My Political Journey tells this important story of the power internationalist solidarity has to change the world. . . . This book provides a universal awareness that integrates free, state and community economic vision which points us in the direction of peace, prosperity and a meaningful life for all of God’s children. Seeing the world through the Jamaican soul allows you to really believe that ‘One Love’ is truly an attainable realty.” - Ambassador Andrew J. Young, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta

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Book SynopsisThis Open Access book provides a comprehensive analysis of political reforms in Japan since the 1990s, emphasizing the role of ideas in shaping their goals and outcomes. For more than fifteen years following the collapse of Japan’s economic bubble, politicians, business people and academics tackled a range of institutional reforms. The sweeping changes they enacted—covering almost all facets of the public sphere, including elections, public administration, courts and the central bank—fundamentally altered Japanese political processes and policies. Taken together, they arguably represent the final touches of Japan’s political modernization, which had been unfolding since the mid-19th century. Throughout the reform process, advocates were inspired by a combination of liberal and modernist ideas. This book examines those guiding concepts and illustrates the often messy process of applying them to real-world institutions. While most reforms began from common goals, they ultimately produced different—and frequently unexpected—institutional outcomes, which continue to shape Japanese politics. By focusing on the relationship between the ideas and processes that shaped Japan’s reforms, this book presents a broad vision of institutional change in comparative politics. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Perspectives on Political Reform.- Chapter 2. An Overview of Political Reform.- Chapter 3. Electoral Reform.- Chapter 4. Administrative Reform.- Chapter 5. Reform of the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance.- Chapter 6. Reform of the Judicial System.- Chapter 7. Decentralization Reforms.- Chapter 8. Is Reform Finished?.

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Book SynopsisHamengku Buwono IX, the late Sultan of Yogyakarta Special Province, is revered by Indonesians as one of the great founders of the modern Indonesian state. He leaves a positive but in some ways ambiguous legacy in political terms. His most conspicuous achievement was the survival of hereditary Yogyakartan kingship, and he provided rare stability and continuity in Indonesia's highly fractured modern history.Under the New Order, Hamengku Buwono also helped to launch the Indonesian economy on a much stronger growth path. Although remembered as the epitome of ""political decency"", he faded from power and influence as Vice President in the 1970s, and the repressive and anti-democratic features of Suharto's New Order seemed to contradict much of what Hamengku Buwono originally stood for. This biography seeks to explain his political standpoint, motivations, and achievements, and set his career in the context of his times.

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Book SynopsisThis book, first published in 1996, examines Indonesia's foreign policy under Suharto. It not only details Indonesia's foreign policy behaviour vis-à-vis Indonesia's neighbours and major powers, but also places it in the context of foreign policy analysis. Today, the book remains as the only full-length study on Indonesia's foreign policy under Suharto. It is now reprinted with a new postscript which discusses the post-Suharto era from B.J. Habibie to Joko Widodo.Indonesia under Suharto had attempted to become a regional power to lead Southeast Asian states and beyond. As the largest country and also the richest in terms of natural resources, Suharto's Indonesia was held in deference by the ASEAN states. However, due to its limited capabilities, its lack of military strength, advanced technology and economic strength, the political influence of Jakarta was in fact quite limited.

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Book SynopsisTheir contributions are enduring. Their influence is profound. Their legacies touch our everyday lives. In Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women, communication, history, and government scholars and professionals Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride, and Nancy Kegan Smith provide readers with an illuminating and highly personal exploration of the lives and legacies of U.S. first ladies.Readers learn about the role of first lady, from its origins under Martha Washington through its current iteration under Dr. Jill Biden. The book explores how first ladies have been uniquely positioned to influence American society, policy, diplomacy, and the life in the White House. Profiles of first ladies bring their histories, achievements, and legacies to life.Remember the First Ladies is a groundbreaking book showing the evolutionary role of first lady. It shines a light on the influential women who have broken barriers and made a mark on our country and, at times, our world during their tenures in the White House.

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Book SynopsisThe legal position in international law of heads of states and other senior state representatives is at the heart of the conflict thrown up by recent changes in the international legal order. The establishment of the International Criminal Court and the ad hoc criminal tribunals reflects a growing belief that heads of states and other senior state representatives should be held accountable for serious violations of international law. It is now questioned whether foreign states and their officials still have immunity from proceedings concerning grave human rights abuses in national courts.This book provides a comprehensive treatment of this key issue, covering both civil and criminal proceedings before domestic courts and the position before international courts and tribunals. The positions of both serving and former heads of states are examined and, where appropriate, so is that of their family members. The wide variety of constitutional forms and titles enjoyed by heads of states and senior state representatives is considered and their internationally relevant powers and functions outlined. The implications of recognition or lack of it are assessed, together with the practical and legal consequences of loss of office and/or exile in a foreign state. In examining the position of heads of state and other senior representatives in foreign states, attention is given to the question of immunities before the local courts, and to other privileges, protections, and courtesies to which they may be entitled. The book draws a distinction between the personal immunity (ratione personae) enjoyed by heads of states which derive from their status or office, and the official act immunity (ratione materiae) enjoyed by all state officials. It closely examines the relationship between state immunity as it has developed under the restrictive doctrine and the immunities to which individuals are entitled. Careful consideration is given to separate regimes of international immunities such as special missions.This systematic analysis of the legal position of heads of states takes into account the history of the subject, relevant state practice (judicial and legislative), the impact of relevant international treaties, and international judicial or arbitral decisions on the matter.Trade ReviewThe Position of Heads of State and Senior Officials in International Law is a valuable doctrinal contribution to the growing body of literature on privileges and immunities for senior state officials and is recommended to anyone with an academic or professional interest in the area. * Monique Cormier, Australian Year Book of International Law *This is an accessible, wellresearched and valuable book on a complex topic of law * Philippa Webb *Table of ContentsPART I OVERVIEW AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES ; PART II HEADS OF STATES ; PART III HEADS OF GOVERMENTS, FOREIGN MINISTERS AND OTHER SENIOR STATE REPRESENTATIVES ; PART IV INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF HEADS OF STATES, HEADS OF GOVERMENTS, FOREIGN MINISTERS AND SENIOR STATE REPRESENTATIVES ; PART V EFFECT OF STATEMENTS BY HEADS OF STATES,HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS, FOREIGN MINISTERS AND OTHER SENIOR STATE REPRESENTATIVES

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Book SynopsisIn this book, McEvoy explodes the myth that the remarkable phenomenon of the late Roman child-emperor reflected mere dynastic sentiment or historical accident. Tracing the course of the frequently tumultuous, but nevertheless lengthy, reigns of young western emperors in the years AD 367-455, she looks at the way in which the sophistication of the Roman system made their accessions and survival possible. The book highlights how these reigns allowed for individual generals to dominate the Roman state and in what manner the crucial role of Christianity, together with the vested interests of various factions within the imperial elite, contributed to a transformation of the imperial image - enabling and facilitating the adaptation of existing imperial ideology to portray boys as young as six as viable rulers. It also analyses the struggles which ensued upon a child-emperor reaching adulthood and seeking to take up functions which had long been delegated during his childhood.Through the phenTrade ReviewMcEvoy's monograph will be essential reading ... and represents a major contribution to our understanding of one of the great transitional periods in European and world history. * David M. Gwynn, English Historical Review *McEvoy has produced an impressive analysis that challenges historians to re-evaluate child emperors and the role traditionally assigned to them in destabilizing the western empire. * Richard Flower, Early Medieval Europe *McEvoy is to be congratulated on producing a fine, clearly-written study which signifcantly advances our understanding of the exercise of political power during an important phase of late Roman history. * A. D. Lee, Journal of Roman Studies *Table of ContentsPREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION: SPES REI PUBLICAE: THE HOPE OF THE STATE?; PART ONE; PART TWO: HONORIUS; PART THREE: VALENTINIAN III; CONCLUSION; PRIMARY SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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Book SynopsisWith The Powers to Lead, Joseph S. Nye Jr. offers a sweeping look at the nature of leadership in today''s world, in an illuminating blend of history, business case studies, psychological research, and more. As he observes, many now believe that the more authoritarian and coercive forms of leadership--the hard power approaches of earlier military-industrial eras--have been largely supplanted in postindustrial societies by soft power approaches that seek to attract, inspire, and persuade rather than dictate. Nye argues, however, that the most effective leaders are actually those who combine hard and soft power skills in proportions that vary with different situations. He calls this smart power. Drawing examples from the careers of leaders as disparate as Gandhi, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lee Iacocca, and--in a new preface--Barack Obama, Nye uses the concept of smart power to shed light on such topics as leadership types and skills, the needs and demands of followers, and the nature of good Trade Review"Mr. Nye has performed a valuable service in rounding up and summarizing the various academic studies and theories of leadership into a single, slim volume. He examines different approaches to leadership, the morality of leadership and how the wider context can determine the effectiveness of a particular leader. There are plenty of anecdotes and examples, both historical and contemporary, political and corporate."--The Economist "This excellent book offers important insight into leadership with valuable analysis and anecdotes for leaders and aspiring leaders."--Booklist "The Powers to Lead at once ranges broadly and is concise. Anecdotes run from Lyndon Johnson and Jack Welch to Mahatma Gandhi...and the book treats the latest "leadership as process" theories alongside Machiavellian realism and Lao Tzu's self-effacing style. All these, together with many sensible suggestions for advancing oneself, are presented with a clear focus on power and group needs."--New York Sun "One of the first to include new scholarship on the youngest emerging leaders, Nye readily demonstrates his ability to traverse the intellectual and pragmatic without becoming esoteric or pedantic...Highly recommended."--CHOICE "A lucid...survey of leadership studies, touching on everything from bonobo behavior to Freudian psychology... with references to noted leaders like former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, Lincoln, Hitler and Subcomandante Marcos."--Publishers Weekly "Finally, a book that analyzes what leadership really means and how it relates to power. It will be invaluable for both political and business leaders alike. Nye developed the concept of hard and soft power, and now he shows how the best leaders use both in a smart way."--Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe, and President, the Aspen Institute "The Powers to Lead is an outstanding primer on leadership and all its dimensions. Nye cuts through the many bromides surrounding the subject to present a sharp, gracefully written introduction to leadership that will benefit anyone from Washington to Wall Street."--General Brent Scowcroft, former U.S. National Security Advisor "Nye has written better and more creatively on the importance of soft power as a political and diplomatic weapon than anyone else. Now he brings this knowledge and all his governmental and academic experience to bear on the oldest question in politics-how do leaders emerge and what distinguishes the good ones from the bad? There couldn't be a better primer for a presidential election year, in which all of us, whether or not we are American citizens, have such a big stake."--Chris Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University "This book will change not only the way leaders think about how they themselves should use power-but also how they can respond more creatively and effectively to others' power moves. This book will-and should-find a permanent place on the bookshelves of academics and practitioners alike."--Roderick M. Kramer, William R. Kimball Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business "This book represents an important intellectual odyssey. Nye has long been acclaimed as one of the world's foremost thinkers about international affairs, helping us understand, for example, the differences between soft and hard power. Now, to our great good fortune, he has turned his mind to the vexing questions of how power relates to leadership. The result is a conceptual tour de force-one of the best works on leadership since James MacGregor Burns wrote his breakthrough book three decades ago. What a splendid journey!"--David Gergen, Professor of Public Service and Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard's Kennedy School of GovernmentTable of ContentsPreface 1. Leadership 2. Leadership and Power 3. Types and Skills 4. Contextual Intelligence 5. Good and Bad Leaders Leadership: A Dozen Quick Take-Aways Notes Bibliography Index

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