Leadership and style in the French Fifth Republic:Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency in historical and cultural perspective

Abstract

This article contributes to the body of the developing theoretical research in leadership and presidential studies by adding analysis of what I have termed ‘comportmental style’ as a factor in leader/follower relations. Within institutionalism and the wider structure/agency debate in political science, one of the challenges as regards the study of leadership is to identify factors that offer scope to or else militate against leaders’ performance. The comportmental style of Nicolas Sarkozy (President of the French Republic 2007–2012), deployed in the context of the – changing – institution of the presidency, was a major factor in his extreme unpopularity, and contributed to his defeat in 2012. What this tells us about the nature of the changing French presidency and the role of style will be discussed in the conclusion.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/fp.2012.18
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Politics, History and International Relations
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Aston Centre for Europe
Aston University (General)
Additional Information: This is a pre-print of an article published in French politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Gaffney, J. (2012). Leadership and style in the French Fifth Republic: Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidency in historical and cultural perspective. French politics, 10(4), 345-363 is available online at: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/fp/journal/v10/n4/full/fp201218a.html
Uncontrolled Keywords: leadership theory,France,Sarkozy,president,Sociology and Political Science,Political Science and International Relations
Publication ISSN: 1476-3427
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 08:12
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2013 10:45
Full Text Link: http://www.palg ... /fp201218a.html
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2012-12
Authors: Gaffney, John

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