Download or read book The Democratic Leader written by John Kane and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic leadership is the most familiar form of leadership and yet the least well understood by people in democratic countries. This book explores the tensions and dilemmas that beset such leadership in order to explain why democracies produce simultaneously the strongest and weakest of leaders.
Download or read book Leadership in a Democracy written by National Institute of Social Sciences (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World War and Leadership in a Democracy written by Richard Theodore Ely and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World War and Leadership in a Democracy This little work has grown out of a patriotic lecture delivered at the University of California, November last, and repeated with certain variations elsewhere. The book still shows traces of its origin in the form of the direct address and the use of the pronoun in the first person. At first there was no intention of publishing the lecture but, as it has grown, my friends have urged its publication, encouraging me to believe that the book will render a real service at the present juncture. While the lecture has been very greatly elaborated, the book is still very brief. Each of the several chapters could be expanded to an entire treatise. Perhaps, however, what is needed now is an outline programme for present use. It is not without certain regret and sadness that I have written that part of this work which relates to Germany. Those who, like myself, have lived in Germany, have had German friends, and have experienced a good deal of kindness in Germany, will readily enough understand my position. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Icons of Democracy written by Bruce Miroff and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a blend of history, biography, political science, and political theory, he offers examples of the finest democratic leadership as well as cautionary tales of prominent leaders whose styles were essentially aristocratic."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The World War and Leadership in a Democracy Classic Reprint written by Richard Theodore Ely and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World War and Leadership in a Democracy While the lecture has been very greatly elaborated, the book is still very brief. Each of the several chapters could be expanded to an entire treatise. Perhaps, however, what is needed now is an out line programme for present use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Leadership for a Democratic Society written by Federal Executive Institute and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Good Democratic Leadership written by John Kane and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Democratic Leadership: On Prudence and Judgment in Modern Democracies explores whether, in the current atmosphere of international economic and political tension, and more generally, democracies foster and support effective political judgment and good leadership. In one sense, with their ideals of transparent government and extensive deliberation, democracies might appear to promote such good leadership and sound decision-making. Yet, in another sense, democratic leaders continue to face a number of challenges, including the sometimes cumbersome institutional limits placed on their discretion, the need for balance between national interest, popular sentiment and universal values as well as the problem of disproportionate influence of commercial interests in the management of the economy. In analysing various aspects of democratic leadership, judgement and decision-making from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives, all the contributors to this book address this question of the extent to which democracies support good judgment and thereby the possibility of good leadership in democracies.
Download or read book Inventing Leadership written by J. Thomas Wren and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Wren s book is a masterpiece of intellectual history. It explores the philosophical and historical foundations of democracy in a compelling way. Wren is a sparkling and graceful writer. He makes a potentially dry subject come alive with wit and insight. The issues Wren addresses are extremely timely, as the United States endeavors to advance democracy in the Middle East. George Goethals, University of Richmond, US In this important analysis of democratic thought and treatise on leadership, historian Tom Wren drills down to the essential intellectual paradox: that leadership and democracy are inherently hostile concepts. Wren brilliantly strips down our fictions concerning these domains in his extensive deconstruction of both classical and modern thought. What emerges is a dialectical awakening and a practical new vision of citizen participation and enlightened leadership. Georgia Sorenson, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, College Park and US Army An excellent scholarly work that is well written and highly relevant within the context of contemporary politics. Although essential reading for teachers and students of political theory, it will also interest the general reader and armchair politician. First Trust Bank Economic Outlook and Business Review Wren is to be commended for attempting to lay bare the underlying assumptions and premises that inform any approach to politics. . . an important contribution to an ongoing conversation about what contemporary leadership should look like. Undergraduates will benefit from his review of important theorists, and practitioners should be challenged by Wren s own theses about leadership. Highly recommended. All readership levels. M.J. Watson, Choice The tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relationship lie at the bottom of much modern political discourse. In this fascinating book, Thomas Wren clarifies and elevates the debates over leadership by identifying the fundamental premises and assumptions that underlie past and present understandings. The author traces the intellectual history of the central constructs: the leader, the people, and, ultimately, the relationship between them as they seek to accomplish societal objectives. He begins with a discussion of the invented notion of the classical paragon of a ruler. Next he pursues the invention of the countervailing concept of a sovereign people, and finally, the need for the invention of a new construct leadership which embodies a new relation between ruler and ruled in regimes dedicated to power in the people. In doing so, he draws upon the giants of the Western intellectual tradition as well as the insights of modern historians, political scientists, sociologists and leadership scholars. The book concludes with a proposed model of leadership for a modern democratic world. Elegantly written and masterfully argued, this comprehensive study will be essential reading for students and scholars of leadership and democracy.
Download or read book Democracy and Leadership written by Irving Babbitt and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dispersed Democratic Leadership written by John Kane and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dispersed Democratic Leadership examines both the scope and consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic societies, a topic that has been relatively neglected by a political science literature dominated by studies of executive power. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership found in modern democracies, some ancient and some newly emergent, some institutionalized and some ad hoc, some self-consciously political and some avowedly apolitical. In assessing the effects of leadership dispersal, the book argues that understanding how policies are shaped in a democracy requires balancing the usual person-centred approach with one that is more contextual, institutional, and relational. The public leadership role of people in business, the media, non-governmental organizations, bureaucracy, law, showbusiness and many other areas are instructively investigated to enhance our appreciation of the complexity of democratic political systems and to allow us to assess the effects, both good and ill, of democratic leadership dispersal.
Download or read book Democracy and Leadership written by Irving Babbitt and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Political Leadership in Democratic Societies written by Anthony Mughan and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracies are traditionally ruled "by the people," but in fact the personalities of individual decision makers can have a profound influence on the course of history. This volume explores the concept of political leadership in the Western democracies through the writings of eminent political scientists. The book examines the concept of leadership as it applies to democracies, then explores the role of individual personality, the process by which people rise to positions of power, and how they become part of the political elite. The editors also focus attention on the ways in which individuals exercise power, the effect of constituents and interest groups, and the results of good and bad leadership.
Download or read book Political Leadership Nascent Statehood and Democracy written by Ulrika Möller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do political leaders determine whether a polity will receive a democratic future or not? Research and advocates of democracy agree on the significance of political elites for democratization, yet there is a need for a more specific understanding of their role. This book develops a theory of political leadership at the point of nascent statehood to explain the emergence of resilient democracies. It employs four diverse case studies to examine the role of leadership and democratic consolidation. In doing so, the book identifies certain capacities of political leaders at the critical moment of nascent statehood as decisive to the future democratic quality of their state. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, democratization studies, state building, leadership, nationalism, Middle Eastern studies and South Asian studies.
Download or read book Leadership in a democracy written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leadership in Democracy written by P. Brooker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on presidential leadership and foreign policy, and has expanded its coverage of Schumpeter's and other leadership models of democracy. Its focus, however, remains on pioneering political leadership in the electoral, governmental, legislative, and administrative sectors of the US and British democracies.
Download or read book Excellence and Leadership in a Democracy Classic Reprint written by Stephen Richards Graubard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Excellence and Leadership in a Democracy The aligning of individuals with one or another of the two camps sur prised me no less than the very emergence of those camps. I was young, and experience had not yet taught me one thing: that the most fallacious of all the operations of the mind is to calculate in advance a man's or a woman's reaction to a really unforeseen ordeal. We are almost regularly mistaken when we claim to solve such a calculation through applying psychological data already acquired, thus prolonging the logic of the known character of past life. Any ordeal is new and every ordeal finds a man who is also new. In no country have as many volumes on the subject of leadership appeared as in the United States. The reading of most of them is a dismal, when it is not a ludicrous, experience. They dissert at length on the necessity for candidates for leadership to make friends, to co ordinate, to get things done, to lead the strenuous life once dear to Theodore Roosevelt, to learn how to conduct conferences. The last item must be a source of considerable embarrassment to many men of affairs: for they are laboriously advised to decorate their confer ence rooms with irenic green, also favored by insane asylums. To promote togetherness through calling every one by his first name; to devise well-planned recesses, during which background music should be played softly; not to hang modern abstract art on the walls, for it makes uneasy those who don't know what the garish splotches mean. Data are then gathered to prove that, among other attributes, leaders enjoy a taller stature than ordinary mortals. Bishops average inches, but preachers in small towns only university presidents rise to a inch average, presidents of small colleges have to be content with sales managers average inches, salesmen a mere Shades of Napoleon, of John Keats, of Stalin, who never reached the height of even a sub-salesman or of a dean of a very insignificant college! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Political Leadership in Liberal Democracies written by Robert Elgie and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the resources of and constraints on political leaders in contemporary political systems since 1945. It compares six countries to assess the effectiveness of political leadership and its relationship to the nature of institutional structures and political environments.
