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Global Women Leaders: Studies in Feminist Political Rhetoric demonstrates the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, on a global level. It is accessible to audiences interested in political communication, leadership studies, and women's studies.

AN APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL AGENDA-SETTING IS OFFERED THROUGH A STUDY OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S ATTEMPT TO REMOVE NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA IN THE EARLY 1980S. THE ADMINISTRATION INITIALLY FAILED TO SECURE ITS DESIRED AGENDA CHANGE. THIS ARTICLE SUGGESTS THAT IT IS THROUGH AGENDA ACCESS POINTS THAT AGENDA POLITICS PROCEEDS. CONTROL OF OR LOCATION AT THESE POINTS IS NECESSARY FOR AGENDA SUCCESS.

Previous studies have portrayed the personalization of politics as a consequence of the changes in the electoral market and the resulting transformations at the party level. However, empirical research has not reached a consensus on whether this process has actually exerted an impact on citizens' voting calculus. Long-term feelings of partisan attachment appear still central in voters' behavior, whereas party leader evaluations seem to play only a marginal role. This paper tries to examine the electoral consequences of the personalization of politics employing an alternative approach. In particular, we hypothesize that leader evaluations have become the key determinants of partisan ties at the individual level. We focus on the Italian case, a prototype of personalized parliamentary democracy. In the empirical section, we examine the ways in which leaders have influenced Italian voters' behavior in the last two decades. The results show that the electoral effect of party leaders (once the mediating effect of partisanship is taken into account) has steadily increased during the period under analysis. Adapted from the source document.