Leadership in chaos: Angela Merkel and eurocrisis

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Açıkalın, Şuay Nilhan
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Leadership has been a questionable phenomenon for centuries. The Eurocrisis triggered debates over leadership within the European Union. This thesis analyzes the Federal Republic of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership profile during the Eurocrisis. Throughout this thesis, the Eurocrisis is discussed by use of chaos theory borrowed from physics and understood as a chaotic system. From this perspective, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership profile is going to be analyzed within three time phases during the Eurocrisis period between 2009 and 2013 with four types of leadership. In terms of structure and theoretical perspective, this thesis makes a unique contribution to the prevailing literature.
Germany, Germany, European Union countries, Monetary unions, Currency crises, Financial crises, Heads of state, Leadership., Eurozone.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12618792/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/24676
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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Ş. N. Açıkalın, “Leadership in chaos: Angela Merkel and eurocrisis,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2015.
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