Erwin C. Hargrove is professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University.John E. Owens is professor of U.S. government and politics in the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, U.K.

• Chapter 1 Leadership in ContextChapter 2 Presidential Leadership: Skill in ContextChapter 3 Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and LottChapter 4 Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in BritianChapter 5 The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized LeadershipChapter 6 Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational ContextChapter 7 The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to SchröderChapter 8 The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders

Erwin C. Hargrove is professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University.John E. Owens is professor of U.S. government and politics in the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, U.K.

• Chapter 1 Leadership in ContextChapter 2 Presidential Leadership: Skill in ContextChapter 3 Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and LottChapter 4 Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in BritianChapter 5 The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized LeadershipChapter 6 Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational ContextChapter 7 The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to SchröderChapter 8 The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders

Erwin C. Hargrove is professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University.John E. Owens is professor of U.S. government and politics in the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, U.K.

• Chapter 1 Leadership in ContextChapter 2 Presidential Leadership: Skill in ContextChapter 3 Late Twentieth Century Congressional Leaders as Shapers of and Hostages to Political Context: Gingrich, Hastert, and LottChapter 4 Political Skills and Context in Prime Ministerial Leadership in BritianChapter 5 The Prime Minister in Canada and the Rise of Personalized LeadershipChapter 6 Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission: Skill in Supranational ContextChapter 7 The Leadership Styles of the German Chancellors from Schmidt to SchröderChapter 8 The Essence of Presidential Leadership in France: Pompidou, Giscard, Mitterand, and Chirac as Coalition Builders