Interactive Political Leadership: The Role of Politicians in the Age of Governance. By Eva Sørensen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 240p. $80.00 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592721001481
Abstract: are truly driven by the unique economic environment. Moreover, although consistent cases exist, there are also many cases in which incumbent politicians expend enormous time and resources running for reelection despite their economic misfortunes. And… read more here.
Keywords: interactive political; politicians age; oxford; leadership role ... See more keywords
Crisis of political leadership in Zimbabwe
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2020.1722089
Abstract: SUMMARY Zimbabwe faces the deepest crisis of its time. The three main impediments to getting out of the crisis are, first, the current kleptocratic and dictatorial rule of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU–PF party;… read more here.
Keywords: leadership zimbabwe; crisis; zimbabwe; political leadership ... See more keywords
Political leadership and non-state actors in the greening of Botswana
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2020.1826298
Abstract: ABSTRACT The global environmental crisis has drawn increasing attention to how state power should be deployed towards achieving ecological objectives. Hence, scholars have debated the form and functions that the state might take within a… read more here.
Keywords: state; political leadership; non state; actors greening ... See more keywords
Repression and Long-term Political Leadership
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2018.1472999
Abstract: Abstract This paper develops a model where an incumbent may try to bribe the security forces to repress the political opposition in order to improve his/her chances of winning the elections. Such situations can be… read more here.
Keywords: political leadership; security forces; repression long;
Gendering political leadership: hypermasculine leadership and Covid-19
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DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1942160
Abstract: ABSTRACT Informed by scholarship on gendered leadership, feminist institutionalism, and policy failures, the article asks whether hypermasculine leadership traits – displayed in rhetoric, behavior, and symbols – contributed to a failure in the timely implementation… read more here.
Keywords: leadership; policy; hypermasculine leadership; covid ... See more keywords
Political leadership at state level in India: Continuity and change
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DOI: 10.1080/14736489.2019.1616260
Abstract: ABSTRACT Possible explanations are discussed in this article for the paucity of studies regarding political leadership, especially at the state level, in a well-functioning electoral democracy such as India with many parties and leaders. The… read more here.
Keywords: state; change; state level; political leadership ... See more keywords
Gender and political leadership: Turkish experience
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DOI: 10.1177/1742715015606512
Abstract: Women’s political leadership has been ignored both in actual political scene of world’s democracies and by the studies of political leadership. The common perception in both areas has long been that gender difference makes women… read more here.
Keywords: leadership; political leadership; turkish experience; leadership turkish ... See more keywords
Political leadership has limited impact on fossil fuel taxes and subsidies
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4250464
Abstract: Significance To address the climate crisis, many experts urge governments to make fossil fuels more expensive for consumers. We investigate the role of political leaders in raising taxes on, and reducing subsidies for, gasoline. We… read more here.
Keywords: political leadership; leadership limited; taxes subsidies; fuel taxes ... See more keywords
Cosmologies of the Sovereign in Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah
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DOI: 10.2979/reseafrilite.49.3.04
Abstract: ABSTRACT:Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah concentrates on the problem of political leadership in postcolonial Africa like none of his other post-independence novels—A Man of the People or No Longer at Ease. It narrates the abuse… read more here.
Keywords: state; leadership; political leadership; achebe anthills ... See more keywords