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Book SynopsisThis work explores important questions that are at the heart of the understanding of political leadership. Politicians with agendas for change seek to create dynamic relations of talent, institutional powers, and the politics of strategic leadership in the environments that they face.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Leadership in Context Chapter 2 Presidential Leadership: Skill in Context Chapter 3 Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and Lott Chapter 4 Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in Britian Chapter 5 The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized Leadership Chapter 6 Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational Context Chapter 7 The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to Schröder Chapter 8 The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders