The contested nature of political leadership in the European Union
Conceptual and Methodological Cross-Fertilisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8041837 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henriette Müller (0000-0003-1937-9439, New York University Abu Dhabi), Femke Van Esch (0000-0002-2559-3127, Utrecht University, corresponding author), Femke A W J Van Esch (Utrecht University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1051-1071 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2019.1678951 |
| OpenAlex | W2989608590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 85 |
European leaders have struggled to find common responses to the polycrisis the EU is facing. This crisis of leadership makes it urgent that scholars provide a better understanding of the role and impact of leadership in EU politics and policy making. This article prepares the ground for a collection of contributions that addresses this need by strengthening old and building new bridges between the academic domains of European studies and leadership studies. It opens with a discussion of the contested concept of leadership in the context of the European polity and politics, challenging the conventional view that leadership is necessarily a matter of hierarchy. Moreover, it argues that rather than leaderless, the EU is an intensely ‘leaderful’ polity. Subsequently, this introduction identifies four key debates in contemporary EU leadership research and discusses the value and insights the contributions in this special issue bring to these debates
Context (archaeology · Economics · European union · Hierarchy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
The political initiatives of the Rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU – from empirical facts to expert evaluation
The European Commission’s role in EU–Turkey migration
The myth of German hegemony in the euro area revisited
Forging Unity
Fonder From Afar
Followers First
Franco-German leadership in the context of EU defence policy
Recalibrating pandemic risk leadership
Understanding region formation through proximity, interests, and identity
Regulating misleading political advertising on online platforms
The European Commission in Covid-19 vaccine cooperation
When talk meets actions – return to Commission leadership in EU environmental policy-making with the European Green Deal
Navigating Complexity
Between Cooperation and Rivalry
The European Parliament's Political Leadership
Collective Power Europe? (The Government and Opposition /Leonard Schapiro Lecture 2022)
Change to Stay the Same? German European Preference Formation During the Covid-19 Crisis
A window of opportunity? The relevance of the rotating European Union presidency in the public eye
New institutional leadership goes viral EU crisis reforms and the coming about of the covid recovery fund
The Factor of Political Leadership in the EU Foreign Policy Strategy
Collaborative leadership in EMU governance
Walking the road together? EU polity maintenance during the Covid-19 crisis
Getting your House in Order for EU Negotiations
German Claims for Leadership
A Passion for Democracy
Political Leadership in Liberal Democracies
Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors
Leadership and Negotiation in the European Union
The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership
Uniting Of Europe
After Hegemony
The Routledge Companion to Leadership
Gramsci, hegemony and international relations
Between Potential, Performance and Prospect
The EU as a global leader? The Copenhagen and Cancún UN climate change negotiations
EU Soft Power and the Capability-Expectations Gap
Introduction
The Nature of the European Leadership Crisis and How to Solve It
What’s New? A First Appraisal of the Juncker Commission
Political leadership in the European Union
We the Leaders
Exploring the Keynesian–Ordoliberal Divide. Flexibility and Convergence in French and German Leaders’ Economic Ideas During the Euro-Crisis
A Pyrrhic Victory
Integration without supranationalisation
The Little Engine that Wouldn’t
Leadership in the European Council
Still waiting for Paris
Setting Europe’s agenda
Reconsidering Jacques Delors’ leadership of the European Union
Political leadership in the European Union
Political leadership of the European Central Bank
The roles of the President of the European Council and the High Representative in leading EU foreign policy on Kosovo
The standing president of the European Council
Assessing the European Union’s global climate change leadership
Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations
Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU
Beliefs of political leaders
Why Europe Leads on Climate Change
A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration
The myth of German hegemony in the euro area revisited
How Europe’s Political Leaders Made Sense of the Euro Crisis
Leadership in the European Convention
Normative power Europe reconsidered
Why there is no 'southern problem'. On environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union
Policy leadership and re-election in the European Parliament
National culture trumps EU socialization
The rhetoric of the President of the European Commission
Providing political leadership? Three case studies on Germany's ambiguous role in the eurozone crisis
Narrating the Process
The Rise and Fall of Merkozy
The Reluctant Hegemon? Germany Moves Centre Stage in the European Union
Germany in the European Union
Leading the Band or Just Playing the Tune? Reassessing the Agenda-Setting Powers of the European Commission
The Presidents of the E uropean Commission
Collaborative leadership in EMU governance
Tracing leadership
Political leadership in times of crisis
The role of the EU institutions in establishing the banking union. Collaborative leadership in the EMU reform process
From Regulatory State to a Democratic Default
Mission Impossible? The Potential for Franco–German Leadership in the Enlarged EU
Governance and Institutions
The Leadership Paradox in EU Foreign Policy
Political leadership and regime formation
The Executive Head
Why Germany Wanted EMU
Merkel III
The charismatic leadership of the ECB presidency
European integration in crisis? Of supranational integration, hegemonic projects and domestic politics
Hegemony, Dominance or Leadership
Soft Power
Germany as the EU's reluctant hegemon? Of economic strength and political constraints
Gramsci and the Theory of Hegemony
How Hierarchical Can International Society Be
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |