Political Leaders & Leadership

In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its rei...

At a time when the economic troubles and bailouts of Greece and other European economies are casting significant doubt on the future viability of t...

Title first published in 2003. Responses to globalisation in politics and governance at national, regional and local levels of government in France...

Gender, Heteronormativity and the American Presidency places notions of gender at the center of its analysis of presidential campaign communication...

Luigi Zoja presents an insightful analysis of the use and misuse of paranoia throughout history and in contemporary society. Zoja combines history ...

Luigi Zoja presents an insightful analysis of the use and misuse of paranoia throughout history and in contemporary society. Zoja combines history ...

This book gives the first comprehensive and theoretically substantiated political science account of the Orbán regime in English. It argues that Vi...

Crime and Justice in the Trump Era documents the impact of Trump administration policies on (1) violence against women, (2) the treatment of person...

Authoritarianism research has evolved into one of the fastest growing research fields in comparative politics. The newly awakened interest in autoc...

The American public hungers for a heroic leader. From John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, every American president has left office either under a cl...

Ugandas 2016 elections, which returned thirty-year incumbent President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) in yet another la...

The Silent Majority Speech treats Richard Nixons address of November 3, 1969, as a lens through which to examine the latter years of the Vietnam Wa...

Although Canada is regarded as one of the least corrupt countries, this volume draws on wide ranging evidence and innovative research from scholars...

The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has...

This comprehensive volume analyses the phenomena of populism and Islamism in Turkey under Justice and Development Party (JDP) rule since 2002, and ...

This groundbreaking book provides a refreshing introduction to the field of leadership and is jam-packed with theoretical and practical insights de...

The growth of the administrative state and legislative gridlock has placed the White House at the center of environmental policymaking. Every recen...

Dick Leonards Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson surveys the lives and careers of all the 24 Prime Ministers from Arthur Balfou...

The challenges that have been facing the European Union in recent years have given rise to the question: who leads the EU? This book offers a syste...

African legislatures remain understudied, yet democratisation, development and peacebuilding all depend on these key political institutions. This b...

European leaders faced the Covid-19 pandemic by adopting very different leadership styles, characterized by diverging approaches to crisis communic...

On 24 October 1964, the Republic of Zambia was formed, replacing the territory which had formerly been known as Northern Rhodesia. Fifty years on, ...

As one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party, Li Dazhao (18891927) was a key figure in China's transition from empire to republic, from tr...

A deeply personal memoir about finding family and belonging from White House staffer Robin F. Schepper. Growing up torn between her single Pan Amst...

A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on the tawdry world of Westminster powerbrokin...