Dr Mark Bennister is a Reader in Politics at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has published articles and chapters in various journals and edited books on political leadership, prime ministerial power, political oratory and British and Australian politics. He was Principal Investigator (2015-16) on a Nuffield Foundation funded project investigating 'Prime Ministerial Accountability to Parliament'. He is co-convenor of the PSA Political Leadership Specialist Group and co-convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on Elites and Political Leadership.Ben Worthy is a Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. His specialisms include political leadership and government transparency. He has written on contemporary political leadership, has co-developed the Leadership Capital Index and is co-creator of the Measuring Leadership blog. He is also co-convenor of the PSA political leadership group. Paul 't Hart is Professor of Public Administration at Utrecht University and the Netherlands School of Public Administration. He is also a core faculty member of the Australia New Zealand School of Government. He has published widely on public leadership, crisis management, public policy and political psychology. He is currently leading a ERC-funded study into successful public governance.

• 1: Mark Bennister, Paul 't Hart, and Ben Worthy: Understanding Political Leadership: The Leadership Capital Approach 2: Ludger Helms and Femke van Esch: Turning Structural Weakness into Personal Strength: Angela Merkel and the Politics of Leadership Capital in Germany 3: James Walter: 'No Loans for Ladies': Julia Gillard and Capital Denied 4: Jon Johansson: From Triumph to Tragedy: The Leadership Paradox of Lyndon Baines Johnson 5: András Körösényi, Péter Ondré, and András Hajdú: A 'Meteoric' Career in Hungarian Politics 6: Charles Parker: Jerry Brown and the Triumph of Leadership: Leadership Capital and the Financial Rescue of California 7: Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy: Limits to Dominance? Comparing the Leadership Capital of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair 8: Jonathan Malloy: (Mis)Managing Leadership Capital: Canadian Prime Ministers 9: Marij Swinkels, Sabine van Zuydam, and Femke van Esch: Modern Prime Ministerial Leadership in the Netherlands: Consensus or Confrontation? 10: Pär Daléus and Fredrik Bynander.: Swedish Coalition Governments and the Quest for Re-election 11: Jose Olmeda and César Colino: Leadership Capital in a Protracted Crisis: Spanish Prime Ministers Compared 12: Selena Grimaldi: The Leadership Capital of Italian Presidents: The Politics of Constraint and Moral Suasion 13: Jean Blondel: Measuring and Using Leadership Capital: Issues and Extension 14: Erik Jentges: Leadership Capital: A Bourdieuian Reinterpretation 15: Mark Bennister, Paul 't Hart and Ben Worthy: Conclusions: LCI Revisited

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Dr Mark Bennister is a Reader in Politics at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has published articles and chapters in various journals and edited books on political leadership, prime ministerial power, political oratory and British and Australian politics. He was Principal Investigator (2015-16) on a Nuffield Foundation funded project investigating 'Prime Ministerial Accountability to Parliament'. He is co-convenor of the PSA Political Leadership Specialist Group and co-convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on Elites and Political Leadership.Ben Worthy is a Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. His specialisms include political leadership and government transparency. He has written on contemporary political leadership, has co-developed the Leadership Capital Index and is co-creator of the Measuring Leadership blog. He is also co-convenor of the PSA political leadership group. Paul 't Hart is Professor of Public Administration at Utrecht University and the Netherlands School of Public Administration. He is also a core faculty member of the Australia New Zealand School of Government. He has published widely on public leadership, crisis management, public policy and political psychology. He is currently leading a ERC-funded study into successful public governance.

• 1: Mark Bennister, Paul 't Hart, and Ben Worthy: Understanding Political Leadership: The Leadership Capital Approach 2: Ludger Helms and Femke van Esch: Turning Structural Weakness into Personal Strength: Angela Merkel and the Politics of Leadership Capital in Germany 3: James Walter: 'No Loans for Ladies': Julia Gillard and Capital Denied 4: Jon Johansson: From Triumph to Tragedy: The Leadership Paradox of Lyndon Baines Johnson 5: András Körösényi, Péter Ondré, and András Hajdú: A 'Meteoric' Career in Hungarian Politics 6: Charles Parker: Jerry Brown and the Triumph of Leadership: Leadership Capital and the Financial Rescue of California 7: Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy: Limits to Dominance? Comparing the Leadership Capital of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair 8: Jonathan Malloy: (Mis)Managing Leadership Capital: Canadian Prime Ministers 9: Marij Swinkels, Sabine van Zuydam, and Femke van Esch: Modern Prime Ministerial Leadership in the Netherlands: Consensus or Confrontation? 10: Pär Daléus and Fredrik Bynander.: Swedish Coalition Governments and the Quest for Re-election 11: Jose Olmeda and César Colino: Leadership Capital in a Protracted Crisis: Spanish Prime Ministers Compared 12: Selena Grimaldi: The Leadership Capital of Italian Presidents: The Politics of Constraint and Moral Suasion 13: Jean Blondel: Measuring and Using Leadership Capital: Issues and Extension 14: Erik Jentges: Leadership Capital: A Bourdieuian Reinterpretation 15: Mark Bennister, Paul 't Hart and Ben Worthy: Conclusions: LCI Revisited

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Dr Mark Bennister is a Reader in Politics at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has published articles and chapters in various journals and edited books on political leadership, prime ministerial power, political oratory and British and Australian politics. He was Principal Investigator (2015-16) on a Nuffield Foundation funded project investigating 'Prime Ministerial Accountability to Parliament'. He is co-convenor of the PSA Political Leadership Specialist Group and co-convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on Elites and Political Leadership.Ben Worthy is a Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. His specialisms include political leadership and government transparency. He has written on contemporary political leadership, has co-developed the Leadership Capital Index and is co-creator of the Measuring Leadership blog. He is also co-convenor of the PSA political leadership group. Paul 't Hart is Professor of Public Administration at Utrecht University and the Netherlands School of Public Administration. He is also a core faculty member of the Australia New Zealand School of Government. He has published widely on public leadership, crisis management, public policy and political psychology. He is currently leading a ERC-funded study into successful public governance.

• 1: Mark Bennister, Paul 't Hart, and Ben Worthy: Understanding Political Leadership: The Leadership Capital Approach 2: Ludger Helms and Femke van Esch: Turning Structural Weakness into Personal Strength: Angela Merkel and the Politics of Leadership Capital in Germany 3: James Walter: 'No Loans for Ladies': Julia Gillard and Capital Denied 4: Jon Johansson: From Triumph to Tragedy: The Leadership Paradox of Lyndon Baines Johnson 5: András Körösényi, Péter Ondré, and András Hajdú: A 'Meteoric' Career in Hungarian Politics 6: Charles Parker: Jerry Brown and the Triumph of Leadership: Leadership Capital and the Financial Rescue of California 7: Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy: Limits to Dominance? Comparing the Leadership Capital of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair 8: Jonathan Malloy: (Mis)Managing Leadership Capital: Canadian Prime Ministers 9: Marij Swinkels, Sabine van Zuydam, and Femke van Esch: Modern Prime Ministerial Leadership in the Netherlands: Consensus or Confrontation? 10: Pär Daléus and Fredrik Bynander.: Swedish Coalition Governments and the Quest for Re-election 11: Jose Olmeda and César Colino: Leadership Capital in a Protracted Crisis: Spanish Prime Ministers Compared 12: Selena Grimaldi: The Leadership Capital of Italian Presidents: The Politics of Constraint and Moral Suasion 13: Jean Blondel: Measuring and Using Leadership Capital: Issues and Extension 14: Erik Jentges: Leadership Capital: A Bourdieuian Reinterpretation 15: Mark Bennister, Paul 't Hart and Ben Worthy: Conclusions: LCI Revisited

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