{"product_id":"poor-leadership-and-bad-governance-reassessing-presidents-and-prime-ministers-in-north-america-europe-and-japan-new-horizons-in-leadership-studies-series-9780857932723","title":"Poor Leadership and Bad Governance Reassessing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn leadership research there is a long tradition of focusing attention onthe great and successful leaders and, more recently, on issues of goodgovernance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeadership and the lack of it is a central but underexplored issue in the study of contemporary politics. Ludger Helms is to be congratulated for bringing together a group of leading scholars to examine the relationship between leadership and governance. --William E. Paterson OBE, Aston Centre for Europe, UK\u003cp\u003eA comparative look at bad policies, undemocratic aspects of leadership, and the question of what makes a leader weak in different contexts, Poor Leadership and Bad Governance is an invaluable contribution to modern political science shelves. . . Highly recommended. --Midwest Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaders are not always heroes. Bad public leadership is a big problem. If we are serious about holding our public leaders to account, then we need to know why they were bad, and why we supported them. Ludger Helms and his distinguished team tackle these difficult questions with sympathy, not cynicism. Their careful and insightful analysis alerts us to the dangers of venal and poorly performing leaders. --R.A.W. Rhodes, University of Southampton, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:   1. Poor Leadership and Bad Governance: Conceptual Perspectives and Questions for Comparative Inquiry Ludger Helms   2. In the Grip of Context: American Presidents and their Choices Bert A. Rockman   3. Not Necessarily Leadership But Leadership if Necessary: Canadian Prime Ministers and the Management of Expectations  Jonathan Malloy   4. The United Kingdom: Prime Ministerial Leadership and the Challenge of Governance Gillian Peele   5. Presidents Behaving Badly: Poor Leadership and Bad Governance in France John Gaffney   6. Revisiting the German Chancellorship: Leadership Weakness and Democratic Autocracy in the Federal Republic  Ludger Helms   7. Italy: Goodness, Badness, and the Trajectories of Mediocrity   Gianfranco Pasquino   8. Leadership, Governance and Statecraft in Russia  Richard Sakwa   9. Profiles in Discourage: Prime Ministerial Leadership in Post-war Japan Ellis S. Krauss and Robert Pekkanen   10. Conclusion  Ludger Helms  Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406331421015,"sku":"9780857932723","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857932723.jpg?v=1730495421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poor-leadership-and-bad-governance-reassessing-presidents-and-prime-ministers-in-north-america-europe-and-japan-new-horizons-in-leadership-studies-series-9780857932723","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}