'Political Leadership and the Northern Ireland Peace Process: Role, Capacity and Effect' by Cathy Gormley-Heenan (2006)

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The following chapter has been contributed by the author Cathy Gormley-Heenan, with the permission of the publishers Palgrave Macmillan. The views expressed in this chapter do not necessarily reflect the views of the members of the CAIN Project. The CAIN Project would welcome other material which meets our guidelines for contributions.


The chapter is taken from the book:

Cathy Gormley-Heenan

'Political Leadership and the Northern Ireland Peace Process: Role, Capacity and Effect'

2006
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 0-230-50037-4 (Hardback) 216pp £45.00

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Contents

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

1

Introduction

2

Conceptualizing Political Leadership in Peace Processes

3

Explaining Political Leadership in Northern Ireland

4

The Role of Political Leadership

5

The Capacity of Political Leadership

6

The Effect of Political Leaders on Other Political Leaders

7

The Limitations of Role, Capacity and Effect

8

Conclusion: Towards a New Understanding of Political Leadership

Notes
Bibliography
Index

1 Introduction

Chapter 1, together with the index to the book, list of contents and front and back covers, is available as a PDF file.
[PDF; 219KB]


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