Global Elite Diversity: A New Look at Leadership Portraits Across Nations

Who Rules the World? An Exploration of Global Political Elites

This article examines leaders worldwide using data from the innovative Global Leadership Project (GLP). It presents a composite portrait analyzing leadership characteristics across various contexts.

Comparative Analysis

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• Examines office types, regional differences, diverse regime structures, and varying levels of economic development
• Utilizes variables covering political elites in nearly all countries globally

Latent Class Typology

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• Employs a latent class model to identify distinct patterns among world leaders
• Generates an empirical typology capturing diversity within the global leadership class

Implications for Political Science

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• Challenges assumptions about homogeneity in political leader profiles across nations
• Offers new insights into comparative political elite studies worldwide