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Political Leadership

A Pragmatic Institutionalist Approach

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Authors:
  1. Robert Elgie

    1. Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Uses philosophy to develop leadership studies, leading to new way of thinking about institutions and political leadership
  • Offers a multi-method approach, including lab experiments, large-n statistical studies, QCA, and in-depth case studies
  • Written by an expert on leadership and presidentialism studies

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

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Making Sense of the World

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 1-31

  3. Making Sense of Leadership Outcomes

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 33-60

  4. The Psychological Effects of Presidential Institutions: written by David Doyle and Robert Elgie

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 61-84

  5. Regime Types, Presidential Power, and Clarity of Economic Responsibility

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 85-125

  6. Presidential Power and President/Cabinet Conflict

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 127-149

  7. Party Politics and Presidential Control of the Cabinet in France

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 151-180

  8. Institutional Choice and Cohabitation in France

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 181-213

  9. Institutional Choice and Cohabitation in Romania

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 215-249

  10. Conclusion

    • Robert Elgie
    Pages 251-262

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 263-281
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About this book

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. It includes a laboratory experiment identifying the psychological effects of presidentialism and parliamentarism on leader behavior; a large-n statistical study of the impact of semi-presidentialism on voter choice; an expert survey of president/cabinet conflict in Europe; an analysis of presidential control over cabinet composition in France; and two in-depth case studies of the circumstances surrounding constitutional choice in France and Romania. This book is aimed at scholars and students of political leadership, political institutions, the philosophy of the social sciences, and research methods. Overall, it shows that an institutional account has the potential to generate well-settled beliefs about the causes of leadership outcomes.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Robert Elgie

About the author

Robert Elgie is Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland. He is the editor of the journal French Politics. He is the founder and co-editor of the Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics book series. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA).

 

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