scholarly journals Folkevalgt og politisk leder

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-33
Author(s):  
Asbjørn Røiseland ◽  
Signy Irene Vabo ◽  
Eva Sørensen ◽  
Jacob Torfing
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Subsequent Chapter ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Leadership Research

This chapter introduces the book. In the first part, we discuss different meanings of “political leadership”, arguing that political leadership should be understood as three interrelated functions: Identifying problems, give direction and mobilizing support. After discussing important theoretical trends in political leadership research, the chapter sums up relevant former Norwegian research in the field. In the latter part, the chapter introduces four paradoxes that will structure the book. The four paradoxes are related to “conflict”, “administration”, “openness” and “democracy”. The latter part also explains the empirical strategy, and why we have chosen to compare Norwegian and Danish local governments. In a brief and subsequent chapter, we point to some interesting similarities and differences between Norway and Denmark.

METHODICAL APPROACHES TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF AMALGAMATED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-62
Author(s):  
Inna ZABLODSKA ◽  
◽  
Svitlana HRECHANA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Adaptive System ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Main Components

The role in ensuring the development of the territory of the identification of amalgamated territorial communities is studied, which is to establish the similarities and differences of a particular ATC that reflect its uniqueness. It is noted that the results of identification are a source of formation of strategic and operational goals in the development or update of the strategy of socio-economic development of ATC, the basis for creating a positive image and further promotion of the community. The low demand for the procedure of ATC identification by local governments and the lack of appropriate organizational and methodological content for its implementation is stated. Methodical approaches to identification of ATCs based on a unified adaptive system of criteria are proposed. The result of their application should be the creation of an identification profile of the community, which reflects the main components of its uniqueness and enables dynamic assessment of the actual or projected results of the strategy of its development, contributing to their further successful development. The stages of identification of the amalgamated territorial community are determined, the algorithms of their basic procedures are revealed. An open system of criteria for the identification of united territorial communities is formed, which contains spatial-administrative, financial-budgetary, social and special components. It is emphasized that the last group of criteria determines the adaptability of the system, allowing experts to add certain criteria that reflect the specifics of the life of communities in the region. On the basis of the proposed methodical recommendations, the current identification profile of Bilokurakynska ATC is constructed and its improve-identification profile in the medium term. A special component is formed by such a criterion as “remoteness of an ATC from the line of demarcation,” which is relevant for Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The comparison of the current and improve-identification profiles allows for the possibility of obtaining a positive result from the implementation of the ATC development strategy in the baseline scenario, but its insufficient efficiency is noted. It is proposed to make certain adjustments to the approved community development programs, as well as to initiate new projects in accordance with the identified issues.

scholarly journals Local Political Leadership in Urban Governance and Public Administration Modernisation: The Role of the Mayor and Councillors in a Spanish Municipality (1979-2007)

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-201
Author(s):  
Ángel Iglesias Alonso ◽  
Manuel Villoria Mandeta
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Governance Strategies ◽  
Administrative Change ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Governance Processes

Implementing urban governance strategies to improve local democracy and to regulate local economic growth is an important determinant of effective local administrative change and performance. The underlying hypothesis adopted here is the assumption that the adoption of urban governance processes requires political leadership. It inevitably results in the introduction of innovations within the administrative apparatus in order to improve its performance. Indeed, understanding the interaction between these three aspects (political leadership, urban governance, and administrative modernisation) is of fundamental importance for the effectiveness of most, if not all, policy interventions directed at the introduction of democratic innovations and public administration modernisation initiatives in local governments. To bring out the importance of those interactions, case study1 research is used. KEYWORDS: • local government • urban governance • administrative modernisation • public policy • political leadership • Spain

scholarly journals Refleksjoner rundt paradokser, lederskap og læring

2020 ◽  
pp. 146-176
Author(s):  
Asbjørn Røiseland ◽  
Eva Sørensen ◽  
Jacob Torfing
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Subsequent Chapter

In this chapter we sum up and conclude the book. In the first part we summarize the four paradoxes that have structured the book. The four paradoxes relate to conflict, administration, openness and democracy. We then discuss the national Norwegian framework for local government, and to what extent and how changes in for example national legislation can influence on the paradoxes and the tensions related to them. The third and last section focusses on the local level, and discusses how political leaders, individually as well as a collective, can strengthen their political leadership through different activities at different arenas for learning. In a brief and subsequent chapter, we give a practical example on how this may be organized.

Paradiplomacy Management and Local Political Movement in Aceh, Indonesia, and Catalonia, Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-92
Author(s):  
Takdir Ali Mukti ◽  
Tulus Warsito ◽  
Idham Badruzaman ◽  
Ulung Pribadi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Similarities And Differences

AbstractThis article focuses on paradiplomatic management in Aceh, Indonesia, and Catalonia, Spain, as a comparative study. The two different regions have at least two similar characteristics: both are recognised by central government as widely autonomous provinces compared to other provinces, and both obtained the wider autonomy in the same period, 2006; they also have same problems with revolutionary groups that attempt to withdraw from central government. This qualitative research aims to examine paradiplomatic management in both local governments. The main objective is to identify similarities and differences in paradiplomatic patterns and to scrutinise paradiplomatic activism pertaining to the instrument of political movements in both regions. The findings confirm that patterns of paradiplomacy management are typically similar, and influenced by the dynamic of local political movements, and that paradiplomatic activism is an instrument in political movements. It is argued that paradiplomatic management by secessionist regions performs the same pattern both in federal and unitary systems, and is reflected in the changes of regional laws on paradiplomatic affairs.

Multi-Level Political Leadership: Dynamics and Conditions

2020 ◽  
pp. 94-110
Author(s):  
Eva Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Single Level ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Leadership Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

In the age of governance, political leadership is a multi-level activity. Multi-level governance research shows that policy-making at national, transnational, and subnational levels of governance is increasingly tangled, interconnected, and overlapping. Political leadership research has mainly focused on how politicians perform political leadership at a single level of governance, however. Chapter 8 develops a concept of multi-level political leadership, which aims to capture how political leadership involves efforts to affect decisions made by politicians appointed at other levels of governance. The conditions and opportunities for performing multi-level political leadership vary between politicians authorized at transnational, national, and subnational levels of governance. Community sentiments are not equally strong among all citizens; politicians at different levels do not have the same type and amount of NATO resources; public attention varies; and the impact and influence that national, transnational and sub-national politicians are expected to have differ. In light of these differences, expectations are that transnational and subnational politicians are more likely to embrace a multi-level leadership approach than national politicians will.

scholarly journals Åpenhetsparadokset

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-119
Author(s):  
Espen Leirset ◽  
Asbjørn Røiseland
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Subsequent Chapter ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Municipal Level

This chapter focusses on the publicity of political meetings. While Norway has mandatory open meetings in all political bodies at the municipal level, in Denmark all the meetings apart from the council meetings are mandatory closed. This gives a good opportunity to study how the difference plays out in practice, and which effect open meetings have for political leadership. The analysis illustrates the paradox related to openness – open meetings do not necessarily give more openness. Instead, more deliberation and political discussions in Norway are moved to informal meetings external to the formal democratic system, like political party meetings which are closed to the public. In a brief and subsequent chapter, two Norwegian Mayors explain their experiences with closed meetings.

scholarly journals Perception of Political Leadership in Local Governments in Latvia

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malvīne Stučka
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Secondary Data Analysis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leader ◽  
Decisive Influence ◽  
Freedom Of Action

Theme of the paper is political leadership in local governments in Latvia. The work uses secondary data analysis and case studies. The aim of the study is to find out what kind of role does the chairperson of the municipality have as a political leader and what kinds of factors are influencing him/her. The results revealed that formally the chairperson of the municipality has no decisive influence on the municipality and that both types of factors (internal and external) interact with each other limiting the political leader’s (chairperson’s of a municipality) freedom of action.

Understanding Political Leadership

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
Current Leadership ◽  
Leadership Research ◽  
Eleven Country ◽  
Over Time

This introductory chapter sets out the conceptual and methodological rationale for the book. The chapter reviews the field and places this new approach within the context of current leadership research. The Leadership Capital Index (LCI) builds on advances in understanding of how to track and assess political leadership. It offers the concept of “leadership capital,” as an aggregate of authority that reaches across the traditional divide between structure and agency through a flexible analytical tool. The LCI offers a comprehensive yet parsimonious and easily applicable ten-point matrix to examine leadership authority over time and in different political contexts. The chapter sets out how this tool is utilized in the examination of the eleven-country case studies to better understand and explain the “puzzles” of contemporary political leadership.

Political Leadership

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Strangio
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
First Century ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Gender And Leadership ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Leadership Research ◽  
Research Endeavour

Political leadership has traditionally been a relatively minor subfield in Australian political science, notwithstanding the fact that biography has long been a staple for investigating leaders. In common with other comparable democracies, however, the early twenty-first century has witnessed a surge of activity in leadership studies. This chapter explores this intensified research endeavour, identifies its catalysts, delineates and surveys the major currents of that scholarship, and points out its limitations. Among the currents of recent leadership research the chapter surveys are: the belated emergence of debates on the theme of leadership centralization; the hardy perennials of biography and memoir; theoretical borrowings from United States presidential literature; gender and leadership; and leadership rhetoric.

The politics of leadership capital in compound democracies: inferences from the German case

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludger Helms
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Executive Leadership ◽  
Considerable Extent ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Leadership Research

This article offers a contextualization of the recently introduced leadership capital concept within the wider field of political leadership research, and a demonstration of its usefulness for studying leadership performances and patterns in different institutional and political contexts. At the centre of this piece, is an application of the leadership capital approach to studying the conditions and manifestations of executive leadership in the Federal Republic of Germany, which is being considered a classic case of a compound democracy. As the inquiry into the German case suggests, the politics of leadership capital is in fact strongly shaped by the institutional framework of a regime. That said, institutions do not determine the accumulation and spending of leadership capital, and after all, even within a given institutional context, different leaders lead by making different choices. As a case study on Helmut Kohl, the Federal Republic’s longest serving chancellor, demonstrates, the leadership capital approach marks a useful and meaningful conceptual device for a deeper analytical understanding of a leader’s performance. An inquiry carried out along these lines suggests in particular that informality was one of Kohl’s key strengths across all three dimensions of leadership capital (skills, relations, and reputation), which effectively ‘freed’ him to some considerable extent from the supposedly vital ‘performative’ parts of the office of chief executive.

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