Ministerial Leadership

Practice, Performance and Power
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-50007-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 823 g

Reihe: Understanding Governance

Ministerial Leadership offers a practice-based account of how ministers in UK governments perform their roles and exercise leadership in their spaces of activity. Drawing on the unique Ministers Reflect archive of the Institute for Government, which is an open and growing resource of over 140 ministerial interviews at UK and devolved government levels, as well as other ministerial reflections, the book addresses the literature on ministerial life and political leadership, and develops new concepts for examining ministerial leadership in different spheres. It argues that the relationship between ministers and civil servants has changed significantly in recent decades, as ministers place greater emphasis on delivery and implementation. The book adopts a theoretically pluralist approach with the intention of offering a valuable teaching aid for existing and new courses. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy and governance. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrews, Leighton

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Theorizing Ministerial Leadership.- Chapter 1. Introduction – why a book on ministerial leadership?.- Chapter 2. Ministering – ministerial leadership in practice.- Chapter 3. The Ministerial Role – activism and agency.- Part II: The Ministerial Identity and Mindset.- Chapter 4. Becoming a Minister.- Chapter 5. Shaping the ministerial mindset.-Chapter 6. Time Control.- Part III: Performing Ministerial Leadership.- Chapter 7. Leading the Department.- Chapter 8. The orchestrated collective leadership of government.- Chapter 9. Ministers Decide?.- Chapter 10. Gender and Ministering?.- Chapter.11. On the circuit: the system leadership of ministers.- Chapter 12. Ministerial Performance.- Chapter 13. The emergence of the delivery focused minister.- Part IV: After Ministerial Leadership.- Chapter 14. Losing Ministerial Office – Political Natality, Political Mortality and the ministerial life-cycle.- Chapter 15. The political is also personal.- Chapter 16. Conclusion - Learningabout Ministerial Leadership.

Über Autor(innen)

Leighton Andrews is Professor of Practice in Public Service Leadership and Innovation at Cardiff Business School, UK. A former Welsh Government Minister, he teaches, researches and writes in the fields of government, public leadership and innovation, regulation and governance of media and social media.