Presidents, prime ministers, and chancellors [electronic resource] : executive leadership in western democracies / Ludger Helms.
How have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship changed over the last half-century? Has there been convergence or divergence in the development of political leadership in the United States and in the two largest democracies of Western Europe? What difference c...
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| Other title: | Executive leadership in western democracies. |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Summary: | How have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship changed over the last half-century? Has there been convergence or divergence in the development of political leadership in the United States and in the two largest democracies of Western Europe? What difference can individual leaders make in an ever-more complex political environment? Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors addresses these questions by looking at the leadership performance of more than two dozen American presidents, British prime ministers and German chancellors of the post-war period. In so doing, it offers a unique perspective on the nature of executive leadership in Western democracies, which takes into account both the international and the historical dimension of comparison. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230502918 0230502911 |