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Studying Political Leadership

Foundations and Contending Accounts

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Robert Elgie

    1. Dublin City University, Ireland

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership (PSPL)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Leadership — The Interactionist Paradigm

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 1-23

  3. The Foundations of the Study of Political Leadership

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 24-47

  4. Positivist Accounts of Political Leadership

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 48-77

  5. Constructivist Accounts of Political Leadership

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 78-107

  6. Scientific Realist Accounts of Political Leadership: Political Psychology

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 108-137

  7. Scientific Realism and Political Leadership: Contextual Accounts

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 138-170

  8. What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go from Here?

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 171-185

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 186-207
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Why are some political leaders stronger than others? How do we make sense of the interaction between the leader's personality and the context that the leader faces? This book provides a unique way of approaching these questions, identifying the very different philosophical foundations that underpin the contemporary study of political leadership.

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  • Dublin City University, Ireland

    Robert Elgie

About the author

Robert Elgie is Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland. He has published numerous books, including Semi-Presidentialism: Sub-types and Democratic Performance (2011). He is the editor of the journal French Politics published by Palgrave Macmillan and Review Editor for the journal Government and Opposition.

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