Two 'Popes' to Speak for the World: The Pope and the United Nations Secretary General in World Politics
Forthcoming (Winter issue 2017) in The Review of Faith & International Affairs
25 Pages
Posted: 9 Jun 2017
Last revised: 26 Jul 2017
University of Innsbruck - Department of Political Science; The Europe Center (2016-2018), Stanford University
Date Written: June 9, 2017
Abstract
This article argues that it is a combination of individuals in institutions that leads to the evolution of the Pope and the United Nation’s Secretary General as instances of moral leadership. Comparing the pope and the United Nations Secretary General in terms of scope and aim of their agency and normative claims starts with the observation that their agency is influenced by their host institutions. If those individuals link responsibility and the agency granted by their institutions, they potentially can outgrow institutional constraints. Both individuals developed influence in terms of moral and executive leadership apart from internal constitutional foundations of their institutions and external structural constraints and demands.
Keywords: Pope, United Nations Secretary General, leadership, religion, ethics, United Nations, Catholic Church, Holy See
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Troy, Jodok, Two 'Popes' to Speak for the World: The Pope and the United Nations Secretary General in World Politics (June 9, 2017). Forthcoming (Winter issue 2017) in The Review of Faith & International Affairs. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2983931
