Fostering Economic Growth in Europe by Increasing Political Leadership

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon Prat
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Leadership

scholarly journals Formation of political leaders in countries of democratic transition

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-398
Author(s):  
Valentyna Goshovska ◽  
Lydiia Danylenko ◽  
Iryna Dudko ◽  
Liliia Makarenko ◽  
Nadiia Maksimentseva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

The transition of Ukraine to democracy requires studying the experience of forming political leaders in developing countries. In particular, political leadership, in particular, the values, ideology, and policies of the leader, determine the level of democracy in a country. The results of the research provide evidence of the impact of political leadership on democratization and economic growth. It has been established that leadership determines the values and priorities for the development of political and economic systems as well as democratization has a positive effect on economic growth under the condition of an open economy, unity, and solidarity of the principles of leaders within the party and the opposition. The growth of opposition protests and the conservatism of political leaders leads to a decrease in the level of political culture, civil liberties, and the effectiveness of the government’s actions. As a result, the level of economic development declines.

Internal Capacity and Overload in Guinea and Niger

1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Lynn Graybeal ◽  
Louis A. Picard
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Banking And Finance ◽  
Sectoral Planning ◽  
The International Monetary Fund ◽  
Local Levels ◽  
Internal Capacity

Many African states have been operating under tight structural-adjustment restrictions for close to ten years. The policies of the International Monetary Fund make heavy demands on public-sector capability and political leadership, particularly as regards pricing and trade practices, banking and finance, economic monitoring and data analysis, macro and sectoral planning, as well as policy formulation, initiation, and implementation. The aim is to create a very strong private sector operating under market conditions, and an effective, though not necessarily large, public sector committed to rational, strategic economic growth. For many African régimes there also will be increasing motivation towards both decentralisation and pluralism. In short, the post-structural adjustment state, rather than withering away, needs to be selectively strengthened and to have an increasingly sophisticated capacity to manage development activities at both the national and local levels.1

Creating A Growth Pole: The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1897-1987

1991 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall C. Eakin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
Growth Pole ◽  
Political Center ◽  
Belo Horizonte

On a warm December day in 1897 the political leadership of Minas Gerais converged on the small hamlet of Belo Horizonte to inaugurate a new capital for Brazil's most populous state. Foreshadowing the construction of Brasília six decades later, politicians and planners had transformed a rustic village of some 8,000 inhabitants into an enormous construction project. As with Brasília, those who promoted the move saw the new capital as a symbol and a catalyst. This planned city would symbolize the modernizing forces that were transforming Brazil and Minas Gerais at the turn of the century. More important, the rationally designed political center would also serve as a catalyst in the economic growth and integration of the state. In short, a modern, planned city would provide Minas Gerais with the dynamic economic and political capital that it so badly needed.

Oman can manage domestic political dissent for now

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Leadership Transition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Dissent ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Pressures ◽  
At Home

Subject Prospects for political dissent in Oman. Significance Financial pressures present a serious challenge for Oman's political leadership. The government is seeking to manage the shift to sustainable economic growth by cutting subsidies and boosting employment, but there are fears of popular unrest, especially in the context of an upcoming leadership transition. Impacts A new sultan might face pressure to ‘take sides’ with the Saudi-Emirati bloc against Qatar and Iran, which would be unpopular at home. Instability in neighbouring countries makes Omani reformers cautious, limiting their appetite for mass protests. The elected Majlis al-Shura has become more activist since 2011, but there are no plans to strengthen it further to ward off dissent.

scholarly journals Analysis of the paralysis of government leadership in sub-Saharan Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Dibie ◽  
Josephine Dibie
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Sub Saharan

This article examines the nature of the paralysis of public governance, leadership, conflict and economic development in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that ineffective political leadership and conflict will serve as a lever to poor economic growth and social development. Servant leadership and democratic representation are the continuous process of development that could be accomplished through the participation of the citizens in their own development. The dynamics of development and participation at both national and grassroots levels must involve the exposure of government change agents to peace, participatory learning and action models. The article uses data derived from primary and secondary sources to analyse the problem of political conflict, peace, leadership and economic growth. The conceptual framework is based on the structural conflict theory, negative and positive peace theories, frustration-aggression theory, physiological theories, human needs theory and economic theories. The findings show that there is a negative correlation between authoritarian political leadership and economic growth in Africa. In addition, there is a positive relationship between authoritarian political leadership and conflict in several countries in Africa. The article recommends internal and external mediation and peace education mechanisms to prevent conflict from escalating or degenerating into avoidable crises. Thus, government, private sector and nongovernmental organisations should collaborate to restore justice and equality by liberating citizens from cultural, and ethnic elements that subjugate them. The nations in sub-Saharan Africa need to establish capacity-building initiatives that could help to nurture changes in behaviour, attitudes, peace and humanist paradigm, as well as offer not only the basis for self-reliance, participatory sustainable development, but also a means to peaceful shared governance and inclusive democracy.

Charisma and History

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Robert I. Rotberg
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
State Level ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Individual Trait ◽  
Analytical Utility

Abstract Because charisma is a social phenomenon, not an individual trait, its analytical utility in assessing and evaluating the quality and character of political leadership remains questionable. Cultural differences influence the traits and attributes that are internalized by one set of followers and not others. At the nation-state level, political leaders do arise who mesmerize their constituents charismatically, but too frequently that appeal is episodic, transient, and easily forfeited. Most of all, successful political leadership is more than behaving charismatically; delivering results in the form of economic growth, educational advances, health and medical services, and national self-respect are more important and more lasting. David Bell brings all of those considerations to the fore in a remarkable book that analyzes the charismatic appeals of Washington, Napoleon, Louverture, Paoli, and Bolivar, and raises important questions about the force of charisma in history.

The Reemergence of “Peripheral Nationalisms”: Some Comparative Speculations on the Spatial Distribution of Political Leadership and Economic Growth

1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Alexis Gourevitch
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
North America ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Nationalist Movements ◽  
Ethnic Consciousness ◽  
Industrial Societies

Recent challenges to the unity of the nation-state in advanced industrial societies have surprised most of us. Scotland, Quebec, Flanders, Occitania, bCatalonia and other regions have made life more interesting politically and more confusing intellectually. While the emergence of ethnic consciousness, or concern with ethnic identity, appears nearly universal across Europe and North America (or indeed around the globe)nationalist movements—demands for autonomy or outright separation—are not equally strong: the nationalism of the Scots, the Basques, Catalans, Croats, Flemish, and Quebecois is far more powerful than that of the Alsatians, Bretons, South Italians, and the Occitents.

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