Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises
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Resumo: | Among the recent literature about leadership and crisis situations two main strands are to be observed: structuralist ones mainly treat political leaders as reactive agents who have relatively little room for maneuver, while constructivist ones put greater emphasis on the opportunities in interpreting crises. Our claim is that there is a third analytical possibility mainly neglected in recent literature that is even more voluntaristic than the constructivist approaches. In this scenario, there is no external shock; leaders do not only interpret, but also “invent” crises. To make our claim plausible, we build a conceptual-descriptive typology of the potential relationships between crisis situations and agency. The typology is founded on Kari Palonen’s differentiation between Machiavellian and Weberian types of contingency, but uses his originally conceptual historical argument for analytical purposes. To underpin our theoretical argument, we present short illustrative examples to all three types of crisis scenarios (the structuralist, the constructivist, and the voluntarist one). |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created CrisesBush; contingency; crisis; leadership; Machiavelli; Orbán; WeberAmong the recent literature about leadership and crisis situations two main strands are to be observed: structuralist ones mainly treat political leaders as reactive agents who have relatively little room for maneuver, while constructivist ones put greater emphasis on the opportunities in interpreting crises. Our claim is that there is a third analytical possibility mainly neglected in recent literature that is even more voluntaristic than the constructivist approaches. In this scenario, there is no external shock; leaders do not only interpret, but also “invent” crises. To make our claim plausible, we build a conceptual-descriptive typology of the potential relationships between crisis situations and agency. The typology is founded on Kari Palonen’s differentiation between Machiavellian and Weberian types of contingency, but uses his originally conceptual historical argument for analytical purposes. To underpin our theoretical argument, we present short illustrative examples to all three types of crisis scenarios (the structuralist, the constructivist, and the voluntarist one).Cogitatio2016-06-23info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i2.530oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/530Politics and Governance; Vol 4, No 2 (2016): New Approaches to Political Leadership; 91-1032183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/530https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i2.530https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/530/530Copyright (c) 2016 András Körösényi, Gábor Illés, Rudolf Metzhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessKörösényi, AndrásIllés, GáborMetz, Rudolf2022-12-22T15:16:56Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/530Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:32.808930Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises Körösényi, András Bush; contingency; crisis; leadership; Machiavelli; Orbán; Weber |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises |
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Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises |
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Körösényi, András |
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Körösényi, András Illés, Gábor Metz, Rudolf |
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Illés, Gábor Metz, Rudolf |
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Körösényi, András Illés, Gábor Metz, Rudolf |
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Bush; contingency; crisis; leadership; Machiavelli; Orbán; Weber |
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Bush; contingency; crisis; leadership; Machiavelli; Orbán; Weber |
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Among the recent literature about leadership and crisis situations two main strands are to be observed: structuralist ones mainly treat political leaders as reactive agents who have relatively little room for maneuver, while constructivist ones put greater emphasis on the opportunities in interpreting crises. Our claim is that there is a third analytical possibility mainly neglected in recent literature that is even more voluntaristic than the constructivist approaches. In this scenario, there is no external shock; leaders do not only interpret, but also “invent” crises. To make our claim plausible, we build a conceptual-descriptive typology of the potential relationships between crisis situations and agency. The typology is founded on Kari Palonen’s differentiation between Machiavellian and Weberian types of contingency, but uses his originally conceptual historical argument for analytical purposes. To underpin our theoretical argument, we present short illustrative examples to all three types of crisis scenarios (the structuralist, the constructivist, and the voluntarist one). |
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