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"Fondé en 1968, le Parti québécois se retrouve 50 ans plus tard à un moment critique de son parcours politique. Il lutte aujourd'hui pour maintenir son statut de parti dominant, un statut qu'il a hérité de René Lévesque. Drôle d'anniversaire que celui de vivre sa crise de la cinquantaine. Son déclin n'est cependant pas étranger à l'érosion du rêve qu'il a su incarner auprès de la génération du baby-boom. Il découle aussi d'une certaine incapacité de renouveler son discours, de s'adapter à une société québécoise qui a profondément changé."--

The municipal elections held on 11 & 18 Mar 2001 have not introduced deep political changes in Marseille: the outgoing majority has been reconfirmed & the united left has not lost other districts. Nevertheless, several phenomena are worth laying stress on, as they show the exhaustion of a leadership inherited from defferrisme: considerable decrease of voters as well as of citizens registered on the electoral list, success of alternative lists, persistence of extreme-right parties, particularly in the young & popular districts of the city. Left parties are the main losers of this evolution: started from the end of the 80s, the erosion of their traditional areas is now marking a new stage. More generally, the local political elites as a whole have to face the unprecedented difficulty of mobilizing the electors, the young people, & the newcomers. Elected representatives out of step, with whom the recent populations badly identify themselves, networks which become obsolete, leaders that find it difficult renewing their practices: such are the chief features that today characterize the government of Marseille. 2 Tables, 24 References. Adapted from the source document.

Considers the relevance of the notion of leadership for improving the understanding of the changing patterns of territorial power & action that have occurred over the last 20 years. Having conducted a review of the existing approach to this question, the authors underline the importance of a gap in this research: the relationship between leadership & territory. As an antidote, they then propose a three-dimensional analytical grid that simultaneously tackles territorial configurations of power, the political construction of leadership, & the role of territorial identity. This proposition is illustrated with examples taken from a range of empirical research conducted by the authors. 68 References. Adapted from the source document.

This study analyses the role of the beliefs of the political leadership and the effect of these beliefs on decision-making. The subject of the study is the vision of the political leadership in the Arab Republic of Yemen. (DÜI-Sdt)

Supposedly bogged down by a drawn-out crisis, Japan currently produces as much as China. Its economy is faced with tough challenges, such as the lack of political leadership, public sector debt and a rapidly-ageing population. But Japan's assets are just as tangible as the difficulties it faces: technological excellence, dynamic trade, financial power, economic and commercial leadership in Asia. Strong political leadership, re-instilling faith in the country, could be the key to boosting the economy. Adapted from the source document.