Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors Executive Leadership in Western Democracies,9781403942500

Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors Executive Leadership in Western Democracies

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ISBN13: 9781403942500
ISBN10: 1403942501
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-03-02
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This book focuses on the leadership performances of the political chief executives in the United States, Britain and Germany since the end of the Second World War. Drawing on a wide range of material, Ludger Helms provides a genuinely comparative perspective on the conditions and manifestations of executive leadership in three of the world's largest established democracies.

Author Biography

Ludger Helms is Heisenberg Fellow and Academic Visitor in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
ix
Acknowledgements x
List of Abbreviations
xi
Part I Introduction
Studying Executive Leadership
3(24)
Classifications of Modern Executives
8(3)
Levels of Executive Activity
11(4)
The Choice of Countries
15(1)
Main Currents of Executive Leadership Research
16(6)
Key Questions and Plan of the Book
22(5)
Part II Patterns of Core Executive Leadership
The United States: Variations of Presidential Predominance
27(31)
The Political Profiles of American Post-war Presidents
27(3)
Staffing the Cabinet and the White House Office
30(6)
Styles of Presidential Core Executive Decision-making
36(19)
Conclusion
55(3)
Britain: Prime Ministers, Cabinets and the Struggle for Supremacy
58(32)
The Political Profiles of British Post-war Prime Ministers
58(3)
Staffing the Cabinet and the Administrative Core Executive
61(9)
Core Executive Leadership in Britain
70(17)
Conclusion
87(3)
Germany: Chancellor Dominance and Coalition Rule
90(37)
The Political Profile of German Post-war Chancellors
90(5)
Staffing the Cabinet and the Chancellery
95(8)
Core Executive Leadership in Germany
103(17)
Conclusion
120(7)
Part III Executive Leadership in the Wider Political Process
The United States: Providing Leadership in an `Anti-Leadership Environment'
127(34)
Presidential Leadership in the Congressional Arena
127(17)
Presidential Leadership and the Influence of other Political Players in the American System
144(5)
The Public Presidency
149(8)
Conclusion
157(4)
Britain: Executive Leadership from the Top
161(30)
Executive Leadership in the Parliamentary Arena
161(14)
The Scarcity of Institutional Barriers against Majority Rule
175(5)
British Governments, the Public and the Media
180(7)
Conclusion
187(4)
Germany: Governing a `Semi-sovereign State'
191(34)
Executive Leadership in the Parliamentary Arena
191(14)
Executive Leadership in a `Semi-sovereign State'
205(9)
German Governments, the Public and the Media
214(6)
Conclusion
220(5)
Part IV Conclusion
Making Sense of Complexity: Comparative Perspectives and Conclusions
225(37)
Executive Leadership within the Core Executive
226(15)
Executive Leadership in the Wider Political Process
241(11)
Manifestations of `Presidentialism' in Britain and Germany
252(7)
Concluding Remarks
259(3)
Notes 262(21)
References 283(24)
Index 307

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