What comes next for a former leader in a democracy - a Prime Minister or President obliged to leave office because they have lost an election, come to the end of their constitutionally-fixed term, lost the backing of their party, or chosen to leave? This book analyses the role and political influence of former leaders in Western democratic states.

STEPHEN AZZI Associate Professor of Political Management, Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs, Carleton University, CanadaDAVID S. BELL Professor of French Government and Politics at the University of Leeds, UKPAUL 'T HART Professor of Public Administration, University of Utrecht and Associate Dean, Netherlands School of Government, The HagueDAN KORN former Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy, Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and a former Member of the KnessetIWAN MORGAN Professor of United States Studies, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UKEOIN O'MALLEY Lecturer in Political Science, Dublin City University, IrelandHIDDE ONSTEIN Assistant to the Dean of Campus den Haag, Leiden University, NetherlandsWILLIAM E. PATERSON Honorary Professor of German and European Politics, Aston University, UKILONA REZSÖHAZY FNRS Junior Researcher, Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE), University of Louvain, BelgiumPAUL STRANGIO Senior Lecturer in Politics, Monash University, AustraliaKEVIN THEAKSTON Professor of British Government, University of Leeds, UKJOUKE DE VRIES Professor of Public Administration and Dean of Campus Den Haag, Leiden University, NetherlandsLIEVEN DE WINTER Professor of Political Science, Louvain University, Belgium

Introduction; K.Theakston& J.de Vries After the White House the Modern US Post-Presidency; I.Morgan Former Prime Ministers in Britain Since 1945; K.Theakston The Strange Afterlives of Canadian Prime Ministers; S.Azzi The Evolution of Prime Ministerial Afterlives in Australia; P.Strangio The Political Afterlives of German Chancellors; W.E.Paterson Former Leaders in France; D.S.Bell Outside the Bubble the Activities and Influence of Former Taoisigh; E.O'Malley From Oblivion to Limelight: Stability and Change in Dutch Post-Prime Ministerial Careers; J.de Vries , P.'t Hart& H.Onstein The Afterlife of Belgian Prime Ministers; L.De Winter& I.Rezsöhazy The Once and Future Prime Ministers of Israel; D.Korn Conclusion; K.Theakston& J.de Vries