Constraints and opportunities of leadership in post-Communist Europe
By: by Tim Haughton.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Mečiar, Vladimír, 1942-; Political leadership -- Slovakia.; Political leadership -- Europe, Eastern.; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern.; Slovakia -- Politics and government -- 1993-
Description: "Taking Slovakia as a case study, this volume investigates the role of leadership and political leaders in post-communist Europe. In particular it explores the role played by the three-time prime minister Vladimir Meciar in determining the course of Slovak politics in the 1990s. Building on the concepts of 'constraint' and 'opportunity' and the strategic-relational approach, Tim Haughton advances an arena-based model of leadership." "The volume will be of particular interest to advanced students of Central and East European politics and political scientists interested in issues of leadership."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : assessing the role of political leaders in a post-Communist country; title: The leader and his party; title: The leader and the coalition; title: The leader and the institutional framework of politics; title: The leader and public opinion; title: The leader and the wider world : the role of the international environment; title: Putting Mečiar in comparative perspective : the role of political leaders in post-Communist Europe.