Cities and Spaces of Leadership: A Geographical Perspective

220 Pages·2016·0.895 MB·English

by  Cristina D’Alessandro, Frannie Léautier (auth.)

Cities and Spaces of
Leadership
A Geographical Perspective
Cristina D’Alessandro
Frannie Léautier
Cities and Spaces of Leadership
AlsobyFrannieLéautier
LEADERSHIPINAGLOBALIZEDWORLD:Complexity,DynamicsandRisks
(PalgraveMacmillan,2014)
AlsobyCristinaD’Alessandro
MANAGINGAFRICA’SNATURALRESOURCES:CapacitiesforDevelopment
(co-editor,PalgraveMacmillan,2014)
Cities and Spaces of
Leadership
A Geographical Perspective
Cristina D’Alessandro
Professor,ParisSchoolofInternationalAffairs,SciencesPo,France
Frannie Léautier
ChairpersonandManagingPartner,MkobaPrivateEquityFund,Tanzania
CITIESANDSPACESOFLEADERSHIP.AGEOGRAPHICALPERSPECTIVE
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For African leaders, of today and tomorrow
Contents
ListofFiguresandTables viii
Acknowledgments x
Glossary xi
Introduction—ContemporarySpacesandPlacesofPower
beyondCommonplace 1
1 LeadersandLeadershipinaGlobalizedWorld 13
2 SpacesandScalesofLeadership 36
3 Leadership,Spirals,andTrajectories 54
4 SpacesofLeadership:TheWeightofLocationand
LeadershipDensityinSpaces 77
5 LeadershipCapacityofSpaces 105
6 SpatialNetworks:ConnectingSpacesthroughLeaders 126
7 GeographicalKnowledgeasanImportantPartofLeaders’
Background 144
8 SpatialandTemporalIssuesandtheRoleofMoments 160
9 Conclusion 178
Notes 186
Bibliography 189
Index 203
vii
Figures and Tables
Figures
1.1 ChangesinthepeoplesphereinOuagadougou
(1996–2008) 27
1.2 EvolutionofarrivalsbyoriginatOuagadougouAirport
(1996–2008) 27
2.1 DrZuma’stransitioninpopulationspace:Timespentin
place 46
2.2 Assessingscalefactorsinfluencingleadership 49
2.3 Okonjo-Iweala’sgeopoliticalinfluence:Size($perkm2) 51
2.4 Okonjo-Iweala’ssectoralinfluence:Numberofsectors 51
3.1 Leadershipspirals—up,down,sideways 57
3.2 AllyKleistSykes’trajectory:Geopoliticalspacecovered 63
3.3 AllyKleistSykes’influenceatpopulationscale 66
3.4 Comparingprofiles:Closvs.Sykes 69
3.5 ConstraintsfacedbyClosandSykes 74
4.1 ArkebeOqubayMitikuleadershipprofile(1974–2015) 91
4.2 PatternofHIV/AIDSinAddisAbaba(1989–2003) 97
4.3 Changesinfertilityratesbyadministrativeregionin
Ethiopia(2000–2001) 99
4.4 AirtravelinAddisAbaba(1990–2010) 101
5.1 DonaldKaberuka:Influenceofphysicalspaceonideas 108
5.2 DonaldKaberuka:Distancefrombirthplace 109
5.3 JamesD.Wolfensohn:Leadershipcapacityand
“EmergentStates” 114
6.1 Physical,political,andnetworkingassets:Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala 131
7.1 Leadersanddynamicsofspacesandspatiality:Wangari
Maathai 150
7.2 Leadersandgeogovernance:MarttiAhtisaari 155
8.1 JoyceHildaBanda:Leadershipemergenceand
consistencyintime 165
8.2 ObiageliKatrynEzekwesili:Leadershipemergencein
place 171
viii
ListofFiguresandTables ix
Tables
1.1 ChangesinenergysourceinOuagadougou(1994–1999)
(kilotonneoilequivalent) 29
4.1 Changesinproportionofurbanpopulationlivingin
slumarea(1995–2009) 94
4.2 FactorsunderlyingpatternsofHIV/AIDSprevalencein
Ethiopia(2005–2011) 98
4.3 Citypopulationandcitypopulationgrowthrate
(1990–2010)(thousands) 98
4.4 Passenger,cargo,andaircraftmovement(1994–2005)
(growthrate) 101
6.1 Geographicspacesandleadership:NgoziOkonjo-Iweala 129
6.2 Leadershipandauthority:PositionsheldbyNgozi
Okonjo-Iweala 135
6.3 Spatialdimensionsofleadership:NkosazanaDlamini
Zuma 139
Acknowledgments
This book is the product of an encounter and the result of a great and
unique joint experience of sharing, mutual learning, common effort,
and will. We first and foremost want to thank each other for this
memorable and unique experience, of which we will keep wonderful
memories. In fact, this book would not have been possible had we not
met in Kigali, Rwanda, in February 2011, on the occasion of the 20th
anniversary of ACBF. We are fortunate to have connected at the time
and to have started thinking of possible paths of collaboration and
commonwork.
The first idea of this book also came from a second encounter pro-
vided by the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Po), where
the course “Leadership in a Globalized World” gave us an occasion
to begin the investigation of territorial governance and geographical
knowledgeforleaders.Thatwastheembryoofthisbook:thefirstseeds
wereplantedthen,andstartedgrowingin2012.
We appreciate greatly the leaders we encountered in our work, espe-
cially African leaders, who have welcomed and supported the idea of
thisbook.Withouttheirexcitement,interest,andconstructivesupport,
wewouldprobablynothavefoundthestrengthtogettotheend.Our
families,colleagues,andfriendshavealsobeenagreatsourceofsupport
andencouragement.
WeexpresssingulargratitudetoPalgraveMacmillan,andespeciallyto
ChristinaBrianandherteam,aswellastoTimothyShaw,fortheirvote
of confidence, for believing in this project, and for assisting us from
the beginning and through the entire journey of the preparation and
publicationofthebook.
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