Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts
Major
Political Science
Date of Defense
12-3-2024
Graduate Advisor
Professor Stephen Bagwell
Committee
Doctor Kimball, Ph.D. Department Chair
Professor Stephen Bagwell, Ph.D. Chair of Committee
Anita Manion, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, UMSL
Abstract
Leaders rely on different leadership styles to legitimize their rule and obtain political power. However, these leadership styles have positive or negative impacts for protecting human rights in the LGBTQ+ community. This thesis examines how political leadership styles impact protecting or repressing the civil rights of the LGBTQ+ community. This article argues that constitutionalist leaders who abide by the “rule of law” will better protect LGBTQ+ civil rights than personalist, ideological, or performative leadership styles. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative research methods, this paper examines how leadership styles impact LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Milo, "How Leadership Styles Impact LGBTQ+ Civil Rights" (2024). Theses. 467.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/467