Interactive Political Leadership - The Role of Politicians in the Age of Governance

Drawing on recent theories of interactive governance and political leadership, this book develops a concept of interactive political leadership that aims to capture what political leadership looks like in a society of active, anti-authoritarian, and politically competent citizens.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Leadership in the age of governance


• 3: Towards a concept of interactive political leadership


• 4: Democratic perspectives on interactive political leadership


• 5: Promoting political accountability through interactive political leadership


• 6: Interactive political leadership as a driver of policy innovation


• 7: Enhancing policy implementation through interactive political leadership


• 8: Multi-level political leadership: Dynamics and conditions


• 9: Political leadership performance in a mediatized world


• 10: Institutionalizing interactive political leadership


• 11: Conclusion

About the author

Eva Sørensen is Professor of Public Administration and Democracy, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, and Professor II at Nord University in Norway. Her main research interest is transformations in democratic governance in Western liberal societies and the implications of these transformations for making legitimate and effective political decisions. In her many publications and externally funded research projects on these topics, she pays specific attention to new developments in the relationship and interplay between politicians, public administrators, and citizens.

Summary

Drawing on recent theories of interactive governance and political leadership, this book develops a concept of interactive political leadership that aims to capture what political leadership looks like in a society of active, anti-authoritarian, and politically competent citizens.

Additional text

Interactive Political Leadership is an ambitious work that develops new concepts and theoretical arguments for redefining the study of contemporary political leadership in Western democracies. This makes Eva Sørensen's volume a praiseworthy intellectual effort, one that scholars of representative democratic governance should take seriously.

Product details

• Authors: Eva Sorensen, Eva (Professor of Public Administration Sorensen, Eva Sørensen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780198777953
• ISBN: 978-0-19-877795-3
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political science & theory, Political leaders & leadership, Political structures: democracy, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Political leaders and leadership, Political structures / systems: democracy, Public administration / Public policy