Leaderisation in foreign policy: performing the role of EU High Representative

ABSTRACT

This article examines how the mediatised context of foreign policy provides new opportunities for political leaders to both frame and project their own leadership role to new audiences. The past ten years have witnessed a sharp rise in political leaders’ use of new social media to communicate on a range of foreign policy issues. We argue that this new media context of foreign policy, combined with a bolstered leadership mandate, has been central to the construction of a more visible public leadership role for the EU High Representative in the post-Lisbon era. Departing from recent scholarship on performative leadership and new media in International Relations theory, we develop an original theoretical framework drawing on Erving Goffman’s dramaturgy of impression management. We employ the concept of “leaderisation” to analyse how mediatisation shapes the leadership process in terms of personification and drama to enable new forms of interaction with followers. We apply this framework in an illustrative case study focusing on the process of negotiating the EU Global Strategy. This diplomatic process provided the High Representative Mogherini with a stage on which she could frame herself in a central leadership position vis-à-vis European citizens to mobilise greater legitimacy for the EU as a global actor.     

Problems of political transition in Ukraine: leadership failure and democratic consolidation

Democratisation and consolidation of a political system encompass a range of complex challenges, for which effective leadership is pivotal. However, the skills that a leader requires to break through and introduce change are not necessarily the same as those needed to maintain stability. This article examines the case of Viktor Yushchenko as president of Ukraine following the Orange Revolution. The negotiated transfer of power from the previous semi-authoritarian regime rendered consolidation difficult by limiting opportunities for a complete break. Within the residual ‘grey area’, a number of actors continued to participate and create tension. The regime that emerged was characterised by political infighting and instability, leading to the defeat of candidates associated with the Orange Revolution in the 2010 presidential elections. This article argues that the inability to move towards a consolidated democratic political system was due to the failure of the transitional leader, rather than the political and institutional configuration.     

Collaborative Leadership in the Arts as a Unique Form of Dual Leadership

This article examines dual leadership in Australian performing arts companies, reflected in the respective roles of artistic directors and general managers. Our findings challenge assumptions underpinning much of the literature on dual leadership; in particular, the assumption that conflict is inevitable between the two leaders. In our research, we identified dual leadership relationships that might more accurately be described as instances of collaborative leadership. We suggest that one explanation for this presence of collaborative leadership may be that the study found similarities in both leaders’ passion for the arts, often reflected in a shared background in an arts practice.     

挂名股东的股东资格认定之探讨

股东资格取得制度在司法实践中存在颇多争议,但并未引起公司法学界的关注,这方面的论述是少之又少。通过公司瑕疵设立行为是否导致设立无效,当事人私下协议与工商登记的效力位阶,挂名股东资格应否肯定等问题的分析,得出处理股东资格纠纷的一般原理,并提出具体处理办法。     

浅论工会领导艺术及特点

工会领导者在履行职责过程中,面对工会工作复杂局面,不仅要掌握工会工作方法,还必须掌握相应的领导艺术,以达到事半功倍的突出效果。工会领导艺术具有创造性、灵活性、适度性、随机性、说服性等特点,认识和掌握这些特点,可以使工会领导者在工作实践中,不断提高其领导水平,更好地实现工会领导目标。     

西方公共部门领导力研究述评

自公共部门领导力的概念提出以来,西方公共部门领导力研究经历了从起步到停滞再到繁荣的发展过程。本文通过对比同时期公共部门领导力研究领域与主流领导力研究领域之间的不同发展状况,详细分析了西方公共部门领导力研究的发展脉络及现状,并提出了该领域未来主要的研究方向。     

新领导力——古代领导力与现代领导力比较研究

现代领导力是古代领导力的继承,但不是复制,它与古代领导力有本质的区别。通过对中国古代领导力与现代领导力的比较研究,可以为我们对现代领导力的内容及其提升提供新的理解。     

我国证人资格制度路径选择——以中美证人资格比较为视角

证人资格是诉讼中的一个基本问题。通过对中美两国关于证人资格规定的比较分析,考虑到我国的具体司法体系和现实运作条件等因素,应当从以下几个方面来完善我国证人资格制度:取消单位的证人资格,将证人资格的基本条件规定为"亲身感知案件情况",科学规定证人资格的其他条件,不规定证人资格排除性规定等。     

试论中国共产党在转型期农村基层自治发展中的政治功能

农村市场经济的发展带来乡村生活的巨大变化,乡土利益的重新配置以及乡村社会分层化、利益多元化、生活方式多样化促使农村经济社会的转型,基层自治作为农村基层治理模式和乡村民主政治制度日益呈现出新的态势和特点。基层自治作为党领导人民在基层扩大民主、实现民主管理而构建起的基本政治结构,它应当适应农村市场化的变革和转型,在转型期继...