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Exploring The Increasing Importance Of Personality In Leadership, This Title Focuses On The Relationship Between Citizens And Political Leaders, With Case Studies On Britain And Northern Ireland, France, Italy, Poland, Japan And Thailand. 1. Introduction: Taking The Psychological Dimension Into Account. -- Part 1: Personalisation Of Leaders And Citizens-party Relationships. -- 2. The Problems Posed By The 'social Cleavages' Analysis Of Parties. -- 3. Types Of Personal Relationships Among Leaders, Their Parties And The Citizens Of These Parties. -- 4. The Psychological Bases Of The Relationship Between Citizens And Parties And The Role Of Leaders. -- 5. Personalised Party Leaders In Pre-existing Parties And New Parties: A Preliminary General Survey. -- 6. A Prospective Methodology For The Analysis Of The Links Among Leaders, Parties And Citizens. -- Part 2. Case Studies Of Party Personalisation Of Leadership. -- 7. Introduction: The Need To Examine Specific Aspects Of The Impact Of Leader Party Personalisation By Means Of Case Studies. -- 8. Great Britain: Did Party Personalisation Of Leadership Save The British Two-party System? -- 9. France: The Personalisation Of Leadership And French Political Parties. -- 10. Italy: From Partitocracy To Personal Parties. -- 11. Poland: Personalisation Of Leadership: Lech Wałęsa And Andrzej Lepper. -- 12. Japan: The Personalisation Of Politics: Koizumi And Japanese Politics. -- 13. Thailand: The Personalisation Of The Party Leader: Thaksin, Party And Thailand. -- 14. Conclusion. Jean Blondel... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.