1st Edition
Political Management in Practice Lessons from around the Globe
All organisations manage people, and politics is no different. Campaigns, parties, and government all need to manage people and resources to try to get things done. Of course, the extent to which politics is managed effectively is debatable. Recently public awareness of problematic HR in parliaments and government has grown as media reports of problems emerge. Such problematic practice is not surprising given that orientation and training of political practitioners by parties and parliament is hindered by a lack of academic research.
This comprehensive volume lays out and builds upon core theoretical foundations in the field of political management, offering a wide range of in-depth empirical research with multiple authors and chapters from different disciplinary perspectives and countries. With authors from political management programmes, political marketing, management, political psychology, and public administration, the book seeks not just to survey a topic or existing literature, but to stimulate research in the area.
This book will be highly useful for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in a variety of areas including political management, political marketing, applied politics, political science, management, political psychology, and public administration.
1. Introduction
Jennifer Lees-Marshment
2. The State of Human Resource Management of Political Advisers in Prime Minister’s Offices
Jennifer Lees-Marshment
3. The UK Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff’s management of special advisers
Max Stafford
4. Decentralized Campaign Management: The motivations, training, and recruitment of Leni Robredo volunteers during the 2022 Philippine Elections
Jean S. Encinas-Franco and Brandon P. De Luna
5. The Problematic Workplace Conditions Facing Political Staffers in Canada and the US
Simon Vodrey
6. Mental health and well-being of MPs’ staff
Ashley Weinberg, Estelle Warhurst and Thomas Fairweather
7. Prime Ministerial Media Advisers: Demystifying the Spin Doctor
Karl Magnus Johansson
8. Managing the Performance of Members of Parliament: Views from New Zealand
Anita Ferguson and Michael Macaulay
9. The Challenges of Implementing a National Party Vision: A Comparative Analysis of Midterm US Senate Elections
Brian M. Conley
10. The Challenges of Public Policy Strategy: A Case Study of British Prime Ministers
Pippa Catterall
11. Political media management, control, and trust in a hybrid media environment
Caroline Fisher
12. The strategies and skills political leaders need to manage global crises
John Connolly and Robert Pyper
13. Managing the “Unknown Unknowns”: Organizational processes, market intelligence, and leaders’ management of grassroots political protest
André Turcotte and Vincent Raynauld
14. Practitioner Reflections on Managing Political Parties in the Czech Republic
Anna Shavit, Marcela Konrádová and Petra Koudelkova
15. Political Organizing Ecosystem: the Brotherhood of People and Power
Hamid Reza Tafaghodi and Soroush Sayari
16. Effective Leadership Styles in Politics: An Application of Goleman's Typology
Wojciech Cwalina, Maria Naureen Shahid and Milena Drzewiecka
17. Managing Politics and Government: recommendations for research and practice
Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Mark Bennister, Todd Belt, Caroline Fisher, Andre Turcotte and Ashley Weinberg
Biography
Jennifer Lees-Marshment is Professor of Political Marketing and Management at the University of Dundee. She is a research-led but practice-oriented cross-disciplinary academic focused on researching political marketing, political management, political leadership, and public participation. She has interviewed over 350 political practitioners including government ministers and staffers/advisers to prime ministers and presidents and is author/editor of 18 books.
