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Ministerial Leadership

Practice, Performance and Power

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Authors:
  1. Leighton Andrews

    1. Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

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  • Examines the role of ministers in the UK
  • Brings together scholarship on ministerial life and political leadership
  • Draws considerably on interviews with former ministers

Part of the book series: Understanding Governance (TRG)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Theorizing Ministerial Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Why a Book on Ministerial Leadership?

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 3-36

    3. Ministering: Ministerial Leadership in Practice

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 37-72

    4. The Ministerial Role: Activism and Agency

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 73-95

  3. The Ministerial Identity and Mindset

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Becoming a Minister

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 99-128

    3. Shaping the Ministerial Mindset

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 129-158

    4. Time Control

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 159-180

  4. Performing Ministerial Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Leading the Department

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 183-217

    3. The Orchestrated Collective Leadership of Government

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 219-252

    4. Ministers Decide?

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 253-282

    5. Gender and Ministering?

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 283-309

    6. On the Circuit: The System Leadership of Ministers

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 311-337

    7. Ministerial Performance

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 339-368

    8. The Emergence of the Delivery-Focused Minister

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 369-393

  5. After Ministerial Leadership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 395-395
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    2. Losing Ministerial Office: Political Natality, Political Mortality, and the Ministerial Life-Cycle

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 397-422

    3. The Political is Personal

      • Leighton Andrews
      Pages 423-443
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About this book

Ministerial Leadership offers a practice-based account of how ministers in UK governments perform their roles and exercise leadership in their spaces of activity. Drawing on the unique Ministers Reflect archive of the Institute for Government, which is an open and growing resource of over 140 ministerial interviews at UK and devolved government levels, as well as other ministerial reflections, the book addresses the literature on ministerial life and political leadership, and develops new concepts for examining ministerial leadership in different spheres. It argues that the relationship between ministers and civil servants has changed significantly in recent decades, as ministers place greater emphasis on delivery and implementation. The book adopts a theoretically pluralist approach with the intention of offering a valuable teaching aid for existing and new courses. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy and governance. 



Authors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Leighton Andrews

About the author

Leighton Andrews is Professor of Practice in Public Service Leadership and Innovation at Cardiff Business School, UK. A former Welsh Government Minister, he teaches, researches and writes in the fields of government, public leadership and innovation, regulation and governance of media and social media.                                                                                                                                                                                        




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ministerial Leadership

  • Book Subtitle: Practice, Performance and Power

  • Authors: Leighton Andrews

  • Series Title: Understanding Governance

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50008-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50007-7Published: 17 January 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50010-7Due: 17 February 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-50008-4Published: 16 January 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2947-4221

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-423X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 536

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Leadership

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