Complex political decision-making : leadership, legitimacy and communication / edited by Peter Bursens, Christ'l De Landtsheer, Luc Braeckmans and Barbara Segaert.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Covert integration of core state powers : renegotiating incomplete contracts / Adrienne Heŕitier -- Patterns of covert integration in EU governance : response to Adrienne Heŕitier / Dirk De Biev̀re and Peter Bursens -- Collective decision making within the European Union's legislative competences : a need for change? / Maaike Geuens -- Diversity and democratic legitimacy in the EU : what can we learn from other federal systems? / Matthias Vileyn and Peter Bursens -- Controlling covert integration in EU politics / Johan Adriaensen and Evelyn Coremans -- Leaders under stress : does cognitive ability affect career stability? / Peter Suedfeld -- Is complexity a stable personality construct component or is it (just) a matter of style and propaganda? : response to Peter Suedfeld / Christ'l De Landtsheer -- Political personality and complex decision making : the psychological profile and leadership style of Angela Merkel, the world's most powerful woman / Jurriaan Middelhoff, Petronella Schijvenaars and Christ'l De Landtsheer -- Collective decision making in complex matters : decision-making processes at an international level / Richard Herrmann -- The Ukrainian crisis revisited : response to Richard Herrmann / Tom Sauer -- Politics, it has never been so simple : complex versus simplistic rhetoric and the use of hyperbole in political decision-making in the Netherlands / Lieuwe Kalkhoven and Christ'l De Landtshee -- Complex political decision making : leadership, legitimacy and communication : concluding chapter and discussion / Christ'l De Landtsheer and Peter Bursens.