Research, write, and submit a typed response to the following excerpt, using rel

Research, write, and submit a typed response to the following
excerpt, using relevant philosophical, theoretical and relevant concepts/arguments that were
exposed and discussed throughout the course Units.
Leadership is an essential feature of all government and governance: weak leadership contributes
to government failures, and strong leadership is indispensable if the government is to succeed.
Wise leadership secures prosperity in the long run; foolhardy leadership may bring about a
catastrophe. The lack of leadership routinizes governance. Its political and creative aspects fade
away: it becomes no different from administration, focusing solely on pattern maintenance and
repetition of the same. On the other hand, over-assertive leadership pays little attention to
institutional constraints: it may bring about sudden, unexpected changes, and disrupt the normal
flow of the political process, thus detracting from its transparency and/or predictability. Political
leadership and followership account for significant differences across and within individual nation
states in responding to both newer global problems and traditional governance issues.
Globalization creates the demand for new forms of international and supranational leadership: as
a ‘package of transnational flows of people, production, investment, information, ideas, and
authority’ (Brysk 2002, 1; cf. Masciulli and Day 2006), globalization elevates the significance of
leadership of international organizations, regional groups of states, and global agencies
(Masciulli and Day 2006; Keck and Sikkink 1998). Leadership is a historically concrete
phenomenon; that is, its structures and methods change with the passage of time. To influence
events and affect outcomes, leaders need to be prepared to abandon policy instruments and ideas
that no longer work in a new environment. They need to be able to embrace the new and re-evaluate the old, even some of the earlier discarded ideas and methods of adapting to
environments, if the circumstances call for it.
consider:
1. Ideologies and models related to political leadership and governance from an historical,
managerial, and multi-disciplinary perspectives.
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2. Using the theories of political leadership to address contemporary public governance issues
currently impacting the Caribbean region or your island/country.
3. Proposing alternative political leadership strategies that would be effective in the existing
public governance landscape.
4. Comparing and contrasting the role that youth play in political leadership and public
governance and in relation to participation.
5. Addressing and analysing the contributions of women in politics and the role of gender
equality in modern day political leadership and public governance discourse.
6. Reflecting in a philosophical manner on the process of political leadership and public
governance as an end in itself, or as a means to an end.
7. Critically examining the effects, arguments, and key theories of political communication
and technology in a digital era
Additional Instructions
▪ First, provide an introduction and clear statement of the relevance of the topic to the course.
Set the context for the current effort. This is also the place to define important concepts,
and to state the major claim – that is, what you hope to show or justify in the body of the
paper with a clear thematic and/or descriptive statement of the topic.
▪ Second, a brief literature review inclusive of key data and/or empirical sources, and
methods of analysis.
▪ Third, a presentation of the findings with the detailed evidence included. Key claims must
be presented and discussed here. Counterevidence or counterarguments should also be
presented and discussed.
▪ Fourth, a discussion of the inferences and conclusions to be drawn from the findings. These
should be related back to the philosophical underpinnings and the theoretical statements
established in the first section, so that it is clear how much ground has been gained by the
research.
▪ Fifth, a very brief summary of key findings if it seems useful