Studying political leadership : foundations and contending accounts /
Robert Elgie, Professor of Government and International Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland.
- 207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
List of Figures -- Foreword -- 1. Leadership - The Interactionist Paradigm -- 2. The Foundations of the Study of Political Leadership -- 3. Positivist Accounts of Political Leadership -- 4. Constructivist Accounts of Political Leadership -- 5. Scientific Realist Accounts of Political Leadership: Political Psychology -- 6. Scientific Realist Accounts of Political Leadership: Contextual Accounts -- 7. What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here? -- Bibliography -- Index.