Political Leadership in Governance
| Author | Kozeta Ligeja |
| Position | European Studies Institute, University of Tirana |
| Pages | 118-123 |
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hD (C.) Kozeta Lige
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The purpose o
f
this article is to analyze the role and
f
unction o
f
political leadership in the
g
overnance system of a particular country. Despite numerous and in-depth theories of political
l
eadership, there will always be space for discussion, about the way the political system is
g
overned by political leadership.
A
legal state, with a functioning democracy, realizes its
g
overnance by bringing together many public and private actors through e ective and e cient
f
orms o
f
interactive governance. More political leaders we have which per
f
orm their roles and
functions, more we will move towards the stren
g
thenin
g
of rule of law. Given this defi nition,
i
t is worth to pointing out the practical value of this direction, in the society of a given country
t
o prove the raised hypothesis
.
P
urpose of study: The overall purpose of this study is the analytical framework for this issue.
P
olitical leadership, also impacts, through the fulfi lment of its functions for legal governance,
i
n increasing the e ectiveness of a state, based on democratic principles.
M
ethodology: This work will be based on several study methods. Mainly inductive methods
will be used, passing from particular facts to general conclusions, the method of describing
and reviewin
g
the literature on this issue.
K
e
y
words
:
Leaders - Functional Democracy - Leadership - Politics –
A
ccountability.
I
ntr
odu
ct
io
n
There are man
y
thinkers in the academic world, who have
f
ollowed their ideas,
t
houghts, and theses about the conce
p
t o
f
a democratic s
y
stem. Democrac
y
is the
o
nl
y
f
orm o
f
governance in the world that is widel
y
seen as moral governance.
I
t is
t
he onl
y
f
orm o
f
government that is ca
p
able o
f
f
ull
y
f
ul
fi
lling international covenants
o
n civil and
p
olitical rights.
1
E
ver
y
societ
y
has a
pp
lied the democratic s
y
stem, ada
p
ting to the culture and
t
raditions o
f
a
p
articular countr
y
. But as we know
f
rom the studies that the
p
rinci
p
les
2
of
democrac
y
are universal, such as: Consent o
f
the ruled, re
p
resentative government,
r
ule o
f
law, individual right, and the known
p
rinci
p
le o
f
"checks and balance".
I
n man
y
countries o
f
the democratic world, their leadershi
p
is closel
y
related to
p
olitical leadershi
p
. There are man
y
academic literatures that have contributed to
t
he discover
y
, recognition and develo
p
ment o
f
the conce
p
t o
f
a
p
olitical leader. Their
e
ntiret
y
, gives us a wider
p
anoramas to understand how does a legal state
f
unction,
t
he role and the
f
unctions o
f
a
p
olitical leader during his governance
.
Through the method o
f
literature reviewing regarding the leadershi
p
, the method o
f
descri
p
tion, the
p
ur
p
ose o
f
the work consists in the theoretical anal
y
sis that
p
olitical
leadership has, in fulfi lling of functions of political leadership that contributes to
p
1
h p://www.sjsu.edu/people/ken.nuger/courses/pols120/Ch-3-Principles-of-Democracy.pdf
2
h ps://www.enotes.com/homework-help/explain-5-principles-democracy-495984
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