POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE REPRESENTATIVE POWER OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Abstract

Political leadership in the modern world is becoming increasingly relevant against the backdrop of new challenges that require a quick and effective response on the part of politicians as representatives of particular political institutions. As a matter of tradition, parliaments are collegial bodies, in contrast to the institution of the president, which possesses sole decision-making power. However, representative bodies of power have the right to adopt laws that define the principles of life in the country and society. Parliamentary leaders play a crucial role in drafting and adopting bills, which requires studying this phenomenon. The purpose of the academic paper is to analyze parliamentary leadership as a significant element of representative democracy. The research methodology is based on a combination of three key approaches that allow analyzing political leadership – the theory of traits, behavioral and situational theories. The main research methods are as follows: analysis of documents, secondary analysis of sociological data, the case study method, and general scientific methods (analysis and synthesis, deduction, generalization, and classification). Representative democracy has been undergoing a process of transformation due to the challenges of postmodernity.