The Leadership-Governance-Development Nexus: Separating Coincidences from Correlations

Abstract

It is fair to ask what point there is to leadership. Although some observers are of the view that the term presents limitless theoretical possibilities, others argue that it is a mere chance occurrence—a concept that eludes taxonomic, analytic, and data interpretation efforts besides posing momentous deductive reasoning challenges. Thus in contrast to the theoretically inclined analysts who see a correlation between the prevailing leadership regime and social change, the pragmatists argue that other factors besides leadership choices determine the tempo and direction of change.