The Ashgate research companion to political leadership / edited by Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail A. Molchanov, W. Andy Knight.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-541) and index.

Political Leadership in Context / Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail A. Molchanov and W. Andy Knight -- Classical Eastern and Western Traditions of Political Leadership / Mikhail A. Molchanov -- Political Leadership and the Problem of principle : A classical response to Postmodernism / Richard Myers -- Prudence and Glory : Machlavelli on political leadership / Christine Cornell and Patrick Malcolmson -- Conceptions of Global Leadership for Contextually Intelligent, innovatively adaptive political leaders / Joseph Masciulli and W. Andy Knight -- Heidegger's Führerprinzip : Leadership Out of and Into Nihilism / Edward Grant Andrew -- Distinguishing and Unifying visionary leadership and mechanical management / W. Andy Knight -- Feminist approaches to the study of political leadership / Laura Sjoberg -- American Civil-Military Relations and Political Leadership / Geoffrey S. Con and Eric Talbot Jensen -- Presidential Leadershipin times of War / Amanda DiPaolo -- The Gendered Nature of Leadership Analysis : Lessons from leaders as executives in Anglo-American systems / Patricia Lee Sykes -- Generational Change in Chinese Political Leadership / Hairong Lai -- Political Leadership in China in the Twenty-First Century / Weixing Chen -- Elites and Leadership in Russian Politics / Oxama Gaman-Golutvina -- lslam/Muslims and Political Leadership / Mojtaba Mahdavi -- Leadership in the Europeanean Union: Assessing the significance of the Trio Council presidency / Colette Mazzucelli -- International Human Rights, Political Leadership and the problem of normative change in the international system / Shaun Narine -- Leading the Leaders : The Environmental Advocacy of NGOs / Barbara MacKinnon, Kenneth H. Maybee, Mikhail A. Molchanov and Eddie Oldfield -- Courts and the Paradox of Political Leadership / Thomas M.J. Bateman -- The war on terror : war or metaphor? / Jeffrey F. Addicott -- Leaders, Followers and Political Scientists / Hugh Donald Forbes -- A political economic analysis of women's political leadership / Louise Carbert -- The Future of Political Leadership : Uncertain and dangerous contexts / Joseph Masciulli.