Performing Power: Leadership Style, Charisma, and Authority in Personalized Politics

Abstract

Political leadership is increasingly defined not by institutional roles alone but by the performance of power — through rhetoric, self-presentation, and charismatic appeal. This panel investigates how leadership style shapes political authority in an era of personalized politics.

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