political leadership as a social institution arose long ago.This was due to the historically because it was necessary in some way to organize and coordinate social interests of society, in order that its members lived in a civilized manner.
However, the widespread use of the term was not fixed for him, however, of a rigorous definition.The concept of "political leader" is used as a synonym to the word "manager", "manager" and so on.But the essence of these definitions is not entirely the same, because not every manager can be a political leader.Obviously, under the last phrase to understand the man who is able to lead the masses and to direct people in the right direction.
nature of political leadership
Such a person different set of some basic qualities: strength of character, will, charm, determination and great intuition.Note that the important role played in this list, and hypnotic abilities.Nobody talks about hypnosis in the usual sense.But the fact that the leader is able to lead the masses and make believe in their words - is an irrefutable fact.
Today, when a democratic society is widely developed, several political leadership changed its benchmark.Today, such persons are not always treated workers who hold official and command posts.As a rule, these are people who are popular and influential members of the political events in the country, as well as those that are deploying its activities in the regions.
political leader, so a person who most accurately and fully reflects the interests of the people, protect them, and also has the qualities by which it can be attributed to politicians.In general, the political leadership and understanding of its nature has emerged from the characteristics of its individual representatives and discuss specific human qualities.The essence of such a phenomenon in science has several explanations.In particular, there have been several theories such as the theory of hell, in which the leader - a set of specific characteristics to help him achieve the goal.Currently, there are three prominent examples of leaders who left a noticeable mark on the history, but they were similar to their human qualities and political ambitions.It Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl.The political leadership in Russia, however, also has its own representatives on the basis of which we can judge about its features.First of all, we are talking about Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, are different in their methods and the impact of political agendas.
note that there are some global trends in leadership development.Should be considered the main ones:
- National leaders should not ignore global problems.Their internal politics - it is an integral part of the global process.
- increasing role and influence of informal public figures.
- Increased concentrations of leaders in solving political and economic problems.
- reduce the likelihood of the emergence of leaders, heroes and their antipodes.
- Political leadership reduces the limits of their power, because the system of separation of powers is improving and expanding the boundaries of civil society.
In any country there is a system of training that would later grow into the leaders, has some specifics:
- Liberal Democratic (Western and Eastern).
- totalitarian.
- theocratic, which applies where the leading role on the board of given religion.