Understanding Public Leadership

Understanding Public Leadership, 2nd Edition, is a textbook that delivers a systematic introduction to approaches for analyzing leadership across the public sector. Drawing together enduring and contemporary scholarship, it offers a concise overview of the field.

The volume examines foundational concepts and varieties of public leadership alongside relational work, collaboration, change, and crises. Real-world case studies and global examples unpack the dilemmas and complexities facing leaders in contemporary democracies.

Designed to balance theoretical coverage with practical applicability, the text supports undergraduate and postgraduate modules on leadership within public administration and management programs, as well as training courses for public sector professionals.