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Reactive political leadership

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Turska-Kawa A.

Political Preferences

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2013

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issue 4

115-131

EN

We live in the twenty-first century, which witnessed by far the most intensive marketing of politics, and traditional approaches (The Great Man Theory, ‘situational’, ‘relational’) to the process of emergence of political leadership are simply not enough. Cooperation between leaders and their followers is determined by cultural and social context, specific political situation of the time, patterns of social behavior. Development of new information technologies and dissemination of the means of mass communication have introduced another factor to the analyzed process, forced by civilisational changes. These changes initiated the processes shaping the emergence of a fourth approach to political leadership, which we may call ‘reactive’. Reactivity is an active process of management of the changing image of the leader, responding to the evolving social preferences, and subsequently disseminated through the media.

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Przywództwo polityczne w Unii Europejskiej w dobie kryzysu

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Paczos S.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2018

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issue 1(366)

49-62

EN

The author shows that the weakness of the EU economic units results not only from treaty provisions, but also from the staffing of the most important EU positions. According to the author, there are two centers which compete for the title of the European leadership. One is the political leaders who stand at the forefront of the EU (the leadership of the European Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as well as European Commission Leadership). The other center is associated with financial leadership in Europe, headed by the political leaders of Germany and France. When looking for the causes of difficulty in creating European leadership, the author first of all points to the lack of the EU’s own identity.

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Starostové, starostky a jejich priority

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Čermák D., Mikešová R.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

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2018

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vol. 54

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issue 4

561-591

EN

This article sets out to identify the factors that have an impact on mayoral decisions in terms of priorities for municipal development. Data from a survey conducted among Czech mayors in the years 2015 and 2016 (N = 492) are used. The sample consists of answers of mayors from municipalities of all population sizes and the sample is evenly distributed over the area of the Czech Republic. The main aim is to show the impact of geographical context, sociodemographic characteristics, and characteristics connected with political experience on mayors’ preferences for different mayoral agendas. The results of the analyses show that municipal size and the position of a municipality on the urban-suburban-rural gradient have a substantial effect on a mayor’s preference for different mayoral agendas. However, the influence of other observed characteristics cannot be overlooked either

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The idea of situational leadership in political parties

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Stręk N. U.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio K – Politologia

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2018

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vol. 25

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issue 2

EN

The results from the Polish parliamentary elections in 2015 showed a significant change in the behaviour of the electorate. Two completely new political groups have entered the Sejm. For the very first time in the history of the Third Polish Republic, a new balance of power emerged, which excluded the left-wing parties from political discourse without assigning them a parliamentary mandate [Dudek 2016: 687]. In the face of this turn of events, it is difficult to maintain the thesis concerning the "freezing" of the circulation of political elites in the current political system. The Modern political party was established on 31 May 2015 [Kim jesteśmy?] while the Kukiz'15 political movement formed only three months before the parliamentary elections [O stowarzyszeniu – władze krajowe i okręgowe]. These two political organisations were able to overcome the electoral threshold and achieve unexpected success in such a short period of time and without an extensive party structure or significant financial base. The mobilisation of the electorate took place outside the parliamentary structures. In view of this, is the phenomenon of 'over-parlamentisation' [Żukiewicz 2011: 343] involved in the creation of political leaders still valid? Is it to be believed, that in the face of ever more frequent grassroots social initiatives, the real political struggle still only takes place within the parties and political leaders who are not traditional participants of political party games but who appear as activists associated with other areas of public life?On the other hand, the changes that take place in the electorate do not directly translate into the reorganisation of party structures. The tendency to block political advancement by the already established political elite still persists. Traditional political parties are afraid of this new situation, which can significantly harm their interests. Impeding these changes may seem to be an obvious reaction, inscribed in the rules of political struggle [Żukiewicz 2011: 345]. However, the constant increase in tension between the demands and expectations of the electorate and the offer of these parties may indicate that the current balance of power will not last for long. Upcoming transformations cannot be avoided however attempts should be made to control them. For this reason, leaders of traditional political parties should decide on utilising such a mechanism for selecting leaders as it would not exclude them from the political space while at the same time be a guarantor of power.Being part of the 21st century, we have all witnessed and participated in the intensification of globalisation processes as well as the generational change and the popularisation of ideas related to the information society. The significant increase in the importance of the phenomenon of mediatisation of politics causes a reversal of the hierarchy of attributes and predispositions which are desired by society [Schulz 2004: 87-101]. The image of political leaders on social media begins to outweigh their actual leadership skills. There is a danger that the new mechanism responsible for creating party structures will indeed facilitate the circulation of the elite, but unfortunately at the expense of the quality of potential leaders. That is why it is so important that the transformation process of the political power system proceeds as designed, and not in a chaotic manner, succumbing to bottom-up trends.In addition, external factors of an international nature make it difficult to conduct research on the latest political phenomena. The changes currently occurring in society require new research perspectives and approaches. Traditional theories concerning the political system and the understanding of party structure may turn out to be insufficient.

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Teoretyczne aspekty przywództwa politycznego w kontekście współczesnej Afryki

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Hartliński M.

Forum Politologiczne

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2008

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vol. 7 - Przywódcy i przywództwo we współczesnej Afryce

19-52

EN

The politics in its nature is a process of making decisions. This approach emphasis on political leader who is responsible for defining a situation; formulation a plan of action and mobilize followers. Especially in Africa's context those problems are topical. Furthermore, a mosaic of cultures and religions imply wide deliberation on political leadership. It suggests to find that kind of theoretical concepts which are appropriate to analyses this vast subject. The article analyses three aspects. Firstly, focuses on the relation between political science and study on political leadership. Secondly, the attention is paid on leaders and followers motives for political participation. Finally, author defined political leadership and presents the most suitable theoretical concepts to analyses this topic in Africa's context. This sort of narrative is dictated by problems of diversity of Africa. The most useful theories showed answers for questions: is political leadership always sensible and affective; what kind of elements should be examines in analyses of political leadership; how features of person and a specificity of political system influence on political leaders; which cultures favour political leadership. All this problems are solved in this article. The conclusions allowed to formulate the basis elements for empirical examine.

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Przywództwo polityczne: przykład Iranu

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Michalski D. J.

Studia Gdańskie. Wizje i rzeczywistość

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2012

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vol. 9

302-310

EN

The essence of the debate revolves around the topic concerning the leader-ship in Iran and its constitutional bases. The paper is to examine some ques-tions. Why Iran is so interesting? What are the characteristics of the political system of this state? How has the institution of the spiritual leader created? What is the contemporary political system and the position of the leader? The short history of the Persians and their statehood is slightly touched in the article. Then, the importance of the islamic revolution is noted because it resulted in the authority of the Muslim lawyer. This original form of government is unknown for western civilizations. Furthermore, an attempt to characterize the political system seems to be helpful in determining the position of spiritual leader. The characteristics of the system based especially on the Constitution is also tried to be done.

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The Political Leadership Section of the Polish Political Science Association: Origins and Activity

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Hartliński M.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2016

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vol. 45

399–403

EN

One of the most important aspects of academic life is cooperation between researchers from different centres. Different levels of experience, approaches and paradigms enable researchers to observe the complete image of categories. The Political Leadership Section of the Polish Political Science Association has been formed during the Second Nationwide Congress of Political Science in Poznań (2012). The Association’s Board has established it on February 7, 2013. Since that day the section integrates scholars from different universities interested in issues of political leadership, it supports development of this research field in Poland, it collects published monographs, editions and papers relevant to this field and it coordinates development of teaching standards in education on political leadership. The section’s activity and its role in Polish academic community proves that this topic has become a significant aspect of social sciences in the country.

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Dożywotnie przywództwo polityczne a konflikty w Afryce

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Gemechu D.

Forum Politologiczne

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2008

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vol. 7 - Przywódcy i przywództwo we współczesnej Afryce

71-86

EN

Political leadership during the period of freedom movement in Africa had a dominant role. They coordinated and led the independence struggle against colonialism. The case of independence became the common goal of all Africans. Political leaders had full sup port of their people, among well known charismatic leaders Kwame Nkrumah can be mentioned. After the gradual success of common vision, which was independence, the view of previous freedom leaders was diversified on the process of continent's unity; they were divided into three different groups. The Casablanca group favoured a strong political union of independent Africa; the Monrovia group supported functional non-political cooperation and the Brazzaville group which stood for a gradual concept of African Unity starting with regional cooperation. Eventually all the leaders of three groups agreed to form the Organization of African Unity. Most of the freedom leaders started to build their power, based on a single party system, planning to stay in power for lifelong. These leaders became dictators and corrupted. Transfer of state power was based on violence. Some are still in office from the period of independence. Others died naturally exercising power while most of them were overthrown by military coupe or forced to leave office. They failed in terms of nation building. Conflict over power sharing started at the early stage of independence and still continues. The legacy of wrong exercise of power had resulted in ethnic conflict, political, economic and social crisis in Africa.

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Political Celebrities – a New Dimension of Political Leadership

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Kasińska–Metryka A.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2012

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vol. 41

212-221

EN

Political leadership is still a research area requiring the most up-to-date approaches, since, being a constant phenomenon in its essence, it is subject to the processes of form transformation. Throughout history, we can indicate the directions of change of the leadership phenomenon. From tribal communities, where often quasi-political functions were combined with religious functions (based on the charismatic authority of shamans), through the time of statesmen and ideological leadership, we have now arrived at the era of media leaders.

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MODERN CONCEPTUAL-THEORETICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

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Pierzchalski F.

Polish Political Science Yearbook

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2013

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vol. 42

151-162

EN

Scientific discussion on political leadership increasingly takes on the form of interdisciplinary argumentation, in which different research perspectives, models and explanatory conceptual grids overlap. This state of affairs is on the one hand dictated by the contemporary trends in scientific research, especially in the broadly defined social sciences, where the cognitive, explanatory or descriptive relevance is achieved only by taking into account a broader, inter-disciplinary nature of scientific knowledge. In this sense, a thorough, reliable research practice consists primarily in crossing the formal borders of scientific disciplines, where researchers renounce the “complex” of detailed and firm definitions of their own subject of study to turn instead towards integration of knowledge from various, often very different, areas. The above is mainly due to the dispersion of objective scientific knowledge, which is conditioned, among others by: scientific and technical progress, the phenomenon of intertextuality (modern researchers in humanities concentrate their research eff ort on the texts and practices associated with this phenomenon, which means that their primary method in analyses of political phenomena is to fortify the text – specifically, to prepare the scientific text in such a way as to meet the standards of scientific writing and withstand criticism in the absence of the writer); as well as conceptual-theoretical pluralism present in social sciences. On the other hand, it is the result of scientific analysis of the given forms and practices of leadership, where nowadays greater attention is paid to the multi-dimensionality of leadership processes in politics, related to: the multi-level nature of concepts and research (meso, micro and macro-theoretical level analyses) and the need to take into account a large number of variables in the study of leadership (personality and environmental, situational, institutional factors, economic, political or religious variables). The consequence of this state of affairs is the multi-paradigm character of leadership, which in this case means that very often highly different ways of defining and explaining the complex relationship between a particular political leader and followers co-exist within the discipline. In addition, the multiplicity of paradigms of political leadership is a feature demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge generated by political science, where various claims, theses, observations or conclusions complement each other, for example those originating in disciplines such as sociology, law, psychology, management sciences and cultural studies.

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Niepogoda dla secesjonistów. Przykład Jarosława Gowina

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Olszanecka A.

Political Preferences

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2014

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issue 8

39-49

EN

The intra-party conflicts tend to be more common on Polish political scene in last few years. This kind of political competition was not avoided by the ruling party – Civic Platform. The conflict between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and former Minister of Justice JarosławGowin has escalated during the internal election in Civic Platform. Despite the Gowin’s failure in party chairman election, he reached a substantial support among party members and electorate. After that, Gowin decided to leave Civic Platform and established his own political formation – Poland Together (Polska Razem). Presented article is aimed at examining the perception of party leadership of Donald Tusk and the political potential of JarosławGowin. According to the research and this year’s European Parliament election the author tried to answer the question whether Gowin’s party can achieve the relevant position in Polish party system.

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Czołowe działaczki polityczne CDU/CSU w Niemczech – początki ich zainteresowania polityką

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Piotrowska M.

Przegląd Zachodni

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2018

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issue 2(367)

137-156

EN

The CDU and CSU parties play a unique role in the political system of Germany, and more and more women from Christian democratic parties perform key political functions in the country. This phenomenon is an inducement to reflect upon the paths of career that lead women to the highest political positions. The main aim of the article is an attempt to answer the question on the influence of the family on the political career of the female leaders from the CDU and CSU parties. The group of persons studied included 53 female party members who in the years 1990-2017 performed leading functions in the two parties, political factions, the Bundestag and the federal government. In the course of the study the following sources, among others, were analyzed: interviews with the leading women politicians, the contents of their memoirs and websites as well as press publications about selected persons.

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Colourism, Ethnicism and the Logic of Domination in 21st Century Nigeria

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Ogbujah C. N.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2021

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issue 1

23-39

EN

The 2016 launch of the courier giant—Dalsey, Hillblom, and Lynn’s (DHL) Advanced Regional Centre (ARC) in Singapore—was significant not just for the scale of the facility and its impressive level of innovation, but for the visual identity and branding of DHL’s red and yellow corporate colours. These colours, as is evident in all branding, set it out from the rest, and have become a symbol of power and domination. This resonates with the use of colour categories to isolate human beings into unjust classes that manifest divisive social and racial hierarchies. The symbolism of colourism and ethnicism viewed either plainly or as metaphors, lies in the “othering” of fellow human beings for discrimination and scapegoating. The markers are the same, whether in the case of George Floyd or the victims of discrimination and/or recurrent massacres in Nigeria. This essay explores how, by creating a visible barge of “otherness,” the current political leadership either shirked responsibility in the face of discriminations, or contrived excuses for the endless massacre of minorities in Nigeria.

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European Migration Crisis: Positions, Polarization and Conflict Management of Slovak Political Parties

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Mihálik J., Jankoľa M.

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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2016

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vol. 9

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issue 1

1-25

EN

This paper studies the different positions and the polarization among Slovak political elites due to the European migration crisis and the Union´s migration policy. The inability of collective action at the supranational level is first grounded at the national level. From this basis, the authors differentiate the various standpoints of the selected political leaders and parties towards the current migration wave. Based on this cleavage, we seek to demonstrate the patterns of modern day political party leadership in Slovakia and, secondly, to compare the political response and agendas across the Slovak party system.

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Public perception of climate change issues: detecting potential reputational risks

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Hejlova D.

Czech Journal of Social Sciences, Business and Economics

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2014

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vol. 3

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issue 2

6-15

EN

Climate change became one of the most-discussed topics of global political leadership, as well as the crucial topic for the general public. The largest public gathering in New York City, since Occupy Wall street movement, occurred in September 2014 and was aimed at demonstrating the public support for climate change agenda. The public perception of this rather broad topic was encountered with a challenge to communicate both individual and organizational problems or mottos, which were carried around on banners, posters, T-shirts or even painted directly on people’s bodies. The aim of this article is to analyze these messages, categorize them and based on these outcomes to predict clear managerial implications and detect potential reputational risks – or gains.

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Kierunki badań nad przywództwem politycznym. Analiza ilościowa na przykładzie polskich publikacji zbiorowych

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Hartliński M.

Forum Politologiczne

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2013

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vol. 15 - Przywództwo polityczne w Polsce i na świecie

145-176

EN

Polish political scientists have been increasingly interested in political leadership. One may encounter an augmented number of studies concerning this issue. These are monographs as well as team works. Taking the latter into consideration one can identify 15 publications containing 354 articles. The analysis of their content leads to defining 5 main study areas. These study areas are: political leaders (55 articles); political leadership on local level (42); the theory of political leadership (31); political leadership in various countries and regions (19); political leadership (17).

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Przywództwo polityczne w zachodnioeuropejskim samorządzie lokalny

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Rajca L.

Studia Regionalne i Lokalne

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2008

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issue 4(34)

80-98

PL

W Europie Zachodniej następuje zmiana modelu samorządu lokalnego: od modelu komitetowego rady przechodzi się do bardziej „wykonawczo zorientowanych” modeli, takich jak parlamentarne czy prezydenckie. Przywództwo polityczne stanowi rdzeń wielu ostatnich reform instytucjonalnych samorządu lokalnego. Wyraźnym celem tych reform jest wzmocnienie władzy wykonawczej i zapewnienie silnego, widocznego i efektywnego przywództwa. Zmianie uległa na przykład pozycja burmistrza w Wielkiej Brytanii i Niemczech oraz zarządu w Holandii. Jednym ze sposobów wzmocnienia przywództwa politycznego jest wprowadzenie bezpośrednich wyborów burmistrza. Nie we wszystkich państwach dokonuje się tego rodzaju transformacja, w niektórych zmiany zostały ograniczone do niewielu gmin. Inne są relatywnie odporne na międzynarodową tendencję reform instytucjonalnych.

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In Western Europe, the model of local government has been changing in the previous decades: from a council-committee model to more executive-oriented ones, like the parliamentary and the presidential models. Political leadership lies at the heart of many of the recent institutional reforms of local government. An explicit aim of these reforms has been to strengthen the executive power, and to provide strong, visible and effective leadership. For example, the position of the mayor in Britain and Germany and of the board in the Netherlands has changed. The direct election of mayors is one of the ways to strengthen the political executive. Not all countries are undergoing such kind of transformation. In some of them, changes have been restricted to few municipalities. Others have been relatively immune to this international trend towards institutional reforms.

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Instytucja prezydenta czy przywództwo prezydenckie - próba rozstrzygnięcia dylematu

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Żukiewicz P.

Forum Politologiczne

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2013

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vol. 15 - Przywództwo polityczne w Polsce i na świecie

77-90

EN

In this article the author discusses the difference between the concepts of power, leadership and influence; both concerning their use arbitrarily and their treatment as the interdependent variables. The analysis of some of the given definitions show that the term "presidential leadership” is narrowed to describe the public activities of the head of state. Sometimes the term is also used to compare the actions of many presidents. Many authors are inconsistent with their usage of the term in other wider contexts - particularly the contexts of the comprehensive political situation and the context of president's supporters. The conclusion of the article includes a statement claimed that the majority of the books and papers on presidential leadership are not actually on the leadership process but rather the power of the president. Thus, explaining that there is still a need to accurately define and describe the phenomenon of presidential leadership.

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The importance of “contextual intelligence” in political leadership audience perception

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Zamora R., Losada J. C.

Central European Journal of Communication

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2014

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vol. 7

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issue 1(12)

34-50

EN

Th is article empirically measures the role of “contextual intelligence” (Nye, 2008) to evaluate eff ective political leadership based on intuitive factors dealing with political situations over time. Th is study includes a case study that analyzes the importance of the use of contextual intelligence related to the leadership of the president of the Murcia region (Spain), Ramón Luis Valcárcel, one of the most popular presidents who served as a Spanish regional leader for the longest amount of time. Data were gathered from three representative surveys conducted in three consecutive regional election campaigns (2003, 2007, 2011) to measure the extent to which Valcarcel’s leadership public perceptions were associated with his strategic link to specifi c issues and attributes. Results showed correlations between his public image and perceptions about public prioritized issues each time and attributes connected with citizen expectations demonstrating the eff ectiveness of the contextual factors for constructing political leadership along time.

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Model przywództwa pseudocharyzmatycznego wyborach parlamentarnych 2007 roku

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Górka M.

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego ACTA POLITICA

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2011

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issue 24

EN

Reflections on policy theatricalize inevitably lead to the demarcation of the boundary between politics and acting. Contemporary problems facing observers of political life to answer the question: what is still acting, and what the real mission and action for the public good, according to a specific hierarchy of values and ideas? The development includes two party leaders: Donald Tusk and Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The rivalry between them is mainly dominated electoral competition in 2007, giving the first time in history such a strong factor in parliamentary elections personnel.

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Współczesny problem, przed którym stoją badacze życia politycznego, to odpowiedź na pytanie: co jest jeszcze aktorstwem, a co rzeczywistym posłannictwem i działaniem dla dobra ogó- łu, według określonej hierarchii wartości oraz idei? Już starożytni sofiści akcentowali sztukę retoryki w wystąpieniach publicznych, a zatem polityka rozumiana jako działalność publiczna od dawna zawiera w sobie ten immanentny pierwiastek gry aktorskiej. Aby jednak nie popaść w pułapki semantyczne, warto mieć na względzie, że zarówno jedna jak i druga forma nie może w pełni zdominować przestrzeni publicznej. W pracy badacza pożądane jest więc odgraniczenie i zachowanie umiaru pomiędzy grą maski, pozorów a sztuką polityki.

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Reactive political leadership

Przywództwo polityczne w Unii Europejskiej w dobie kryzysu

Starostové, starostky a jejich priority

The idea of situational leadership in political parties

Teoretyczne aspekty przywództwa politycznego w kontekście współczesnej Afryki

Przywództwo polityczne: przykład Iranu

The Political Leadership Section of the Polish Political Science Association: Origins and Activity

Dożywotnie przywództwo polityczne a konflikty w Afryce

Political Celebrities – a New Dimension of Political Leadership

MODERN CONCEPTUAL-THEORETICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Niepogoda dla secesjonistów. Przykład Jarosława Gowina

Czołowe działaczki polityczne CDU/CSU w Niemczech – początki ich zainteresowania polityką

Colourism, Ethnicism and the Logic of Domination in 21st Century Nigeria

European Migration Crisis: Positions, Polarization and Conflict Management of Slovak Political Parties

Public perception of climate change issues: detecting potential reputational risks

Kierunki badań nad przywództwem politycznym. Analiza ilościowa na przykładzie polskich publikacji zbiorowych

Przywództwo polityczne w zachodnioeuropejskim samorządzie lokalny

Instytucja prezydenta czy przywództwo prezydenckie - próba rozstrzygnięcia dylematu

The importance of “contextual intelligence” in political leadership audience perception

Model przywództwa pseudocharyzmatycznego wyborach parlamentarnych 2007 roku