The overriding question explored by the authors is how public leadership across the globe addresses new challenges (such as security, financial, demographic), new expectations of leaders, and what public sector leadership means in the new era.

Contents: Foreword Robert B. Denhardt 1. Introduction Jeffrey A. Raffel, Peter Leisink and Anthony E. Middlebrooks PART I: NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE 2. Government Reform and Public Service Values in Democratic Societies Frances Stokes Berry 3. Explaining Radical Policy Change Against All Odds: The Role of Leadership, Institutions, Program Design and Policy Windows Harald Sætren 4. Leading Central Banking in Europe Martin Marcussen 5. Dutch Civil Service Leadership: Torn Between Managerial and Policy-Oriented Leadership Roles Trui Steen and Frits M. Van der Meer PART II: FRONTIERS OF POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS 6. Are Elected Executives Needed to Achieve Accountability to Citizens? Performance Issues and Form of Government in Large US Cities James H. Svara 7. Political and Administrative Leadership in a Reinvented European Commission Anchrit C. Wille 8. Russian Bureaucracy as an Alternative Model of Leadership Marc Holzer and Iryna Illiash PART III: LEADERSHIP PROCESSES IN INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS 9. A New Look at Leadership in Collaborative Networks: Process Catalysts Myrna P. Mandell and Robyn Keast 10. Executive Involvement and Formal Authority in Government Information-Sharing Networks: The West Nile Virus Outbreak J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Theresa A. Pardo and G. Brian Burke 11. Business Improvement Districts and the Design of Third-Party Governance: Framing Business Leadership in Urban Subdistrict Regeneration Jonathan B. Justice and Chris K. Skelcher 12. Leadership in the Unglued Organization Patricia Wallace Ingraham PART IV: ETHICS, VALUES AND DIVERSITY 13. Beyond Cognition: Affective Leadership and Emotional Labor Meredith A .Newman, Mary E. Guy and Sharon H. Mastracci 14. Leadership Diversity in an Ageing Workforce Kathleen Vanmullem and Annie Hondeghem 15. Ethical Leadership in Public-Private Partnerships: Learning from an Australian ‘Great Controversy’? Judy Johnston and Siegfried Gudergan 16. Leadership, Administrative Evil and the Ethics of Incompetence: The Failed Response to Hurricane Katrina Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour PART V: LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 17. Is Public Sector Leadership Distinct? A Comparative Analysis of Core Competencies in the Senior Executive Service Tim A. Mau 18. Examination of Mental Health Leadership Competencies Across IIMHL Countries Richard H. Beinecke and Justin Spencer 19. Evaluation of Leadership Development and Training in the British Senior Civil Service: The Search for the Holy Grail? Sylvia Horton 10. Conclusion Jeffrey A. Raffel, Peter Leisink and Anthony E. Middlebrooks Index