Social structure may historically have been of primary
importance in accounting for the attitudes and behaviour of many
citizens, but now changes in social structure have diminished the
role played by class and religious affiliation, whilst the
significance of personality in political leadership has increased.
This volume explores, both theoretically and empirically, the
increasingly important role played by the personalisation of
leadership. Acknowledging the part played by social cleavages, it
focuses on the personal relationships and psychological dimension
between citizens and political leaders. It begins by examining the
changes which have taken place in the relationship among citizens,
the parties which they support and the leaders of these parties in
a European context. The authors then assess how far the phenomena
of ?personalised leadership? differ from country to country, and
the forms which these differences take. The book includes
comparative case studies on Britain and Northern Ireland, France,
Italy, Poland, Japan and Thailand; it concentrates on eleven
prominent leaders epitomising personalised political leadership:
Thatcher, Blair, Mitterand, Chirac, Le Pen, Berlusconi, Bossi,
Walesa, Lepper, Koizumi and Thaksin. This book will be of interest
to students and scholars of political science, comparative politics
and political leadership.
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