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The importance of studying political leadership comparatively / Ludger Helms -- Executive leadership in comparative perspective: politicians, bureaucrats and public governance / B. Guy Peters and Ludger Helms -- Comparing leadership patterns and dynamics in the legislative arena / Philip Norton -- The presidentialization of party leadership? Evaluating party leadership and party government in the democratic world / Paul Webb, Thomas Poguntke and Robin Kolodny -- Leadership in social and political movements: a comparative exploration / Dieter Rucht -- Political leadership in times of crisis: comparing leader responses to financial turbulence / Arjen Boin, Paul 't Hart and Femke van Esch -- Comparative keyword analysis and leadership communication: Tony Blair - a study of rhetorical style / Jonathan Charteris-Black -- Political marketing and opinion leadership: comparative perspectives and findings / Jennifer Lees-Marshment -- The contributions of political psychology to comparative political leadership analysis / Stanley A. Renshon -- Comparing and assessing gender effects in political leadership / Anne Stevens -- 'Army of one or join the club?' Comparing local political leadership in Europe / Kristof Steyveers, Herwig Reynaert and Tony Valcke -- Confronting the challenges of political leadership in international organizations / Michael G. Schechter -- Political leadership in old and new democracies / Robert Elgie -- Comparative leadership in non-democracies / Erica Frantz and Elizabeth A. Stein.