Former Leaders in Modern Democracies: Political Sunsets

K. Theakston · J. de Vries · Jouke de Vries

Apr 2012 · Springer

About this ebook

What comes next for a former leader in a democracy - a Prime Minister or President obliged to leave office because they have lost an election, come to the end of their constitutionally-fixed term, lost the backing of their party, or chosen to leave? This book analyses the role and political influence of former leaders in Western democratic states.

About the author

STEPHEN AZZI Associate Professor of Political Management, Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs, Carleton University, Canada DAVID S. BELL Professor of French Government and Politics at the University of Leeds, UK PAUL 'T HART Professor of Public Administration, University of Utrecht and Associate Dean, Netherlands School of Government, The Hague DAN KORN former Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and a former Member of the Knesset IWAN MORGAN Professor of United States Studies, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UK EOIN O'MALLEY Lecturer in Political Science, Dublin City University, Ireland HIDDE ONSTEIN Assistant to the Dean of Campus den Haag, Leiden University, Netherlands WILLIAM E. PATERSON Honorary Professor of German and European Politics, Aston University, UK ILONA REZSÖHAZY FNRS Junior Researcher, Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE), University of Louvain, Belgium PAUL STRANGIO Senior Lecturer in Politics, Monash University, Australia KEVIN THEAKSTON Professor of British Government, University of Leeds, UK JOUKE DE VRIES Professor of Public Administration and Dean of Campus Den Haag, Leiden University, Netherlands LIEVEN DE WINTER Professor of Political Science, Louvain University, Belgium