Losing Political Office
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Losing Political Office

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Losing Political Office

About this book

Based on in-depth interviews conducted with British politicians, this book analyses the different impacts of leaving political office. Representative democracy depends on politicians exiting office, and yet while there is considerable interest in who stands for and gains office, there is curiously little discussed about this process. Jane Roberts seeks to address this gap by asking: What is the experience like? What happens to politicians as they make the transition from office? What is the impact on their partners and family? Does it matter to anyone other than those immediately affected? Are there any wider implications for our democratic system? This book will appeal to academics in the fields of leadership, political science, public management and administration and psychology. It will also be of interest to elected politicians in central, devolved and local government (current and former), policy makers and political commentators, and more widely, the interested general reader.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction
  4. Chapter 2: Why Focus on Losing Political Office?
  5. Chapter 3: What Is Known About Losing PoliticalĀ Office?
  6. Chapter 4: The Research
  7. Chapter 5: The Current Politicians: Views of Political Careers and Motivations
  8. Chapter 6: The Experience ofĀ Losing Political Office: Standing Down
  9. Chapter 7: The Experience ofĀ Losing Political Office: Defeated
  10. Chapter 8: Being Acknowledged andĀ Marking theĀ Transition
  11. Chapter 9: After Office: TheĀ Longer Term
  12. Chapter 10: Partners andĀ Families
  13. Chapter 11: Key Themes
  14. Chapter 12: What May Help or Hinder theĀ Transition fromĀ Political Office?
  15. Chapter 13: Why Losing Political Office Matters toĀ Us All
  16. Chapter 14: Reflections fromĀ 2015 andĀ theĀ UK General Election
  17. Chapter 15: End Thoughts
  18. Appendix
  19. Index