1. Puzzles of political leadership, Paul t Hart and R. A. W. Rhodes
Part I. Thinking about political leadership: traditions and disciplines
2. Leadership in Western political thought, Nannerl O. Keohane
3. Theory of democratic leadership in action, Frank Hendriks and Niels Karsten
4. Confucianism and political leadership, Joseph Chan and Elton Chan
5. Feminism, Laura Sjoberg
6. Political science, David S. Bell
7. Administrative leadership, R. A. W. Rhodes
8. Political psychology and the study of political leadership, Margaret G. Hermann
9. Psychoanalytic perspectives on political leaders and leadership, Stanley A. Renshon
10. The social psychological study of leadership, Stephen D. Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam and Michael J. Platow
11. Whimpers from a dog that doesn't bark: rational choice approaches to leadership, Geoffrey Brennan and Michael Brooks
12. Anthropology and political leadership, Cris Shore
Part II. Studying political leadership: analytical and methodological perspectives
13. Institutional analysis, Ludger Helms
14. Contextual analysis, Paul t Hart
15. Political leadership and decision analysis, David Brule, Alex Mintz and Karl DeRouen, Jr.
16. Leaders as story-tellers: social constructionist approaches to political leadership, Keith Grint
17. Rhetorical and performative analysis, John Uhr
18. Experimental analysis, Rose McDermott
19. Observational analysis, Francesca Gains
20. At-a-distance analysis, Mark Schafer
21. Biographical analysis, James Walter
22. Political personality profiling, Jerrold M. Post
Part III. Political leadership at work
23. Civic leadership, Richard A. Couto
24. Party and electoral leadership, Marina Costa Lobo
25. Populism and political leadership, Cas Mudde and Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser
26. It's the singer, not the song: understanding leadership as performance, John Gaffney
27. Political leadership in networks, Erik-Hans Klijn
28. Political leadership in times of crisis, Chris Ansell, Arjen Boin and Paul t Hart
Part IV. Executive leadership in the West
Presidential leadership: the United States and beyond
29. Leadership and the American presidency, David McKay
30. Presidential communication from Hustings to Twitter, Jeffrey E. Cohen
31. Executive leadership in semi-presidential systems, Robert Elgie
Prime ministerial leadership: Westminster and beyond
32. The variability of prime ministers, Patrick Weller
33. The contingencies of prime ministerial power in the UK, Andrew Blick and George W. Jones
34. The mortal temples of the king: prime ministers and their advisers in parliamentary democracies, Chris Eichbaum and Richard Shaw
35. Cabinet ministers: leaders, team players, followers?, Rudy B. Andeweg
Part V. Political leadership below and beyond the national level
36. Local political leaders, Colin Copus and Steve Leach
37. Regional political leadership, John Wanna
38. Leadership and international cooperation, Charles F. Parker and Christer Karlsson
39. Leadership of international organizations, Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek
Part VI. Political leadership beyond the West
40. Political leadership in China, Bo Zhiyue
41. Latin American leadership, Harvey F. Kline
42. Post-communist leadership, Leslie Holmes
43. A leadership renaissance, revolution or reversion? Probing the emerging study and scholarship on African political leadership, Gerrie Swart, Jo-Ansie van Wyk and Maryke Botha
Part VII. Debating political leadership
44. Training and development for political leadership, Jean Hartley
45. Does gender matter?, Patricia Sykes
46. What have we learned?, Jean Blondel