Political Leadership A Pragmatic Institutionalist Approach /

• Main Author: Elgie, Robert (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership
• Subjects: Political leadership.; Legislative bodies.; Political theory.; Political philosophy.; Political Leadership.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.

This book provides a philosophically informed, institutionalist account of political leadership. It is rooted in a certain version of the American pragmatist philosophical tradition and privileges the study of institutions as a cause of leadership outcomes. The book adopts a multi-method approach. I...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Making Sense of the World
• 2. Making Sense of Political Leadership
• 3. The Psychological Effects of Presidential Institutions
• 4. Regime Types, Presidential Power, and Clarity of Economic Responsibility
• 5. Presidential Power and President/Cabinet Conflict
• 6. Party Politics and Presidential Control of the Cabinet in France
• 7. Institutional Choice and Leadership Outcomes in France
• 8. The Institutional Origins of Cohabitation in Romania
• 9. Conclusion.