Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index.
Contents
Studying executive leadership -- Patterns of core executive leadership -- The United States: variations of presidential predominance -- Britain: prime ministers, cabinets and the struggle for supremacy -- Germany: chancellor dominance and coalition rule -- Executive leadership in the wider political process -- The United States: providing leadership in an 'anti-leadership environment' -- Britain: executive leadership from the top -- Germany: governing a 'semi-sovereign state' -- Making sense of complexity: comparative perspectives and conclusions.
