Overview
Expertos en Liderazgo han reconocido una paradoja que caracteriza este concepto: buscamos un liderazgo efectivo justo cuando los lideres son incapaces de manejar apropiadamente los acontecimientos que afectan nuestras vidas. Confrontar este circulo vicioso implica analizar la nocion de liderazgo en funcion de la relacion entre lideres y seguidores. Este tema fue discutido abiertamente durante el 2008, ano caracterizado por varias crisis en los niveles global (e.g. la crisis financiera), regional (la crisis andina) y nacional (la crisis electoral en Zimbabwe). Estudios recientes se enfocan en las cualidades de los ""buenos"" lideres. En contraste, los ensayos de este volumen, resultado de los paneles centrales de la conferencia RISC 2008, traen a los seguidores de vuelta a la escena del analisis social. Cada autor discute la necesidad de crear nuevas formas de gobierno ""seguidor-centrista"", a traves de estudios relacionados con diferentes eventos del 2008: la politica electoral y la calidad de la democracia, el impacto de la crisis financiera global en Belgica, la guerra civil en Colombia, la crisis andina, la ""guerra"" de Mexico contra la violencia y la politica exterior de Sudafrica. Scholars of leadership have appropriately recognized a paradox which characterizes this concept: we seek effective leadership in moments when leaders are incapable of properly managing events which affect our lives. Confronting this vicious circle implies analyzing leadership as the function of the relationship between leaders and followers. This theme was openly discussed in 2008, a year characterized by various crises at the global (e.g. the financial crisis), regional (e.g. the Andean Crisis), and national (e.g. the electoral crisis in Zimbabwe) levels. Recent studies on leadership have focused on the so-called qualities of ""good"" leaders. In contrast, the essays in this edited volume, which derive from the keynote panels of the RISC Consortium's 2008 conference, ""bring followers back in"". All the chapters discuss the need to create new forms of follower-based governance through studies of phenomena related to 2008, including electoral politics and the quality of democracy, the impact of the global financial crisis in Belgium, civil war in Colombia, the 2008 Andean Crisis, Mexico's ""War on Violence"" and South Africa's foreign policy.
Full Product Details
Author: Carmen Maganda ,
Harlan Koff
Publisher: Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes
Imprint: Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes
Edition: New edition
Volume: 4
Weight: 0.250kg
ISBN: 9789052015699
ISBN 10: 9052015694
Pages: 166
Publication Date: 28 October 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: English, Spanish
Author Information
Los editores: Carmen Maganda es investigadora asociada a la Unidad de Investigacion IPSE y al Instituto de Ciencias Politicas de la Universidad de Luxemburgo. Desde 2007 es directora Ejecutiva del Consorcio de Investigacion Comparativa en Integracion Regional y Cohesion Social (RISC). Su agenda de investigacion desarrolla la perspectiva comparativa de la politica ambiental fronteriza, la gobernanza de los recursos naturales/estrategicos, la participacion social y los derechos humanos ambientales. Harlan Koff es profesor asociado de ciencias politicas y director del Instituto de Ciencias Politicas de la Universidad de Luxemburgo. Tambien es co-coordinador del programa de investigacion Gobernanza Europea en la misma Universidad, y Presidente del Consorcio RISC. Su investigacion se centra en el enfoque comparativo de las politicas de inmigracion, fronteras, integracion regional, y derechos humanos internacionales. The Editors: Carmen Maganda is a Researcher in the IPSE Research Unit and the Political Science Institute at the University of Luxembourg. Since 2007, she is the Executive Director of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC). Her research agenda develops comparative perspectives on cross-border environmental politics, the governance of natural/strategic resources and human and environmental rights. Harlan Koff is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Political Science Institute at the University of Luxembourg. He also co-coordinates the University's European Governance Research Program and he is president of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC). His research focuses on comparative immigration politics, comparative border politics, comparative regional integration, and international human rights.
