Subject(s): Politicians in Psychology, Case studies. -- Political leadership in Psychological aspects. -- Becoming politicians -- Recruiting politicians Designing competency-based selection for UK parliamentary candidates -- Politicians and power MPs in the UK parliament -- Being at the centre of things: ho politicians function in their jobs -- Social skills and politics -- Congnitive skills and motivation to adapt to social change among policy politicians -- Political leadership and its development -- Coping with pressure -- Impact of psychological and physical strain on politicians -- Impact of denial and avoidance by policy makers during a foreign policy crisis -- People as politicians -- Political side of personalities -- Where red dictators coexist with promising democrats: the conceptualisation of politicians in post-communist Ukraine