1st Edition

Political Management in Practice Lessons from around the Globe

Edited By Jennifer Lees-Marshment Copyright 2024
288 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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.