Individual Leadership and Structural Power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6239837 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, Elizabeth Riddell‐dixon (0009-0004-5272-9642, Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 257-283 |
| Publication date | 1997-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423900015432 |
| OpenAlex | W2112315860 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article examines the interrelationship between and the relative importance of individual leadership and structural power in promoting (or impeding) regime implementation. The theoretical debates on structural power and individual leadership are related to a particular case of regime implementation: the efforts of the Preparatory Commission on the International Seabed Authority and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to make the international seabed regime operational. The article concludes that hegemonic stability theory highlights a variable—structural power—which in this case is the key determinant of the ability to exert influence. On the other hand, hegemonic stability theory fails to establish causal links and it ignores other important variables, such as the constraints imposed by changes in the domestic environments of leading states as well as in the international environment. In the pulling and hauling of international negotiations aimed at regime implementation, individuals can and do play significant roles as structural, intellectual and, most particularly, entrepreneurial leaders
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2012 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |