The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
* UPDATED WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR *CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable. Within authoritarian regimes, a collective leadership is a lesser evil compared with a personal dictatorship. Within democracies, although 'strong leaders' are seldom as strong or independent as they purport to be, the idea that just one person is entitled to take the big decisions is harmful and should be resisted.Examining Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mikhail Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping and Nelson Mandela, Marga…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4481-5698-6
- EAN: 9781448156986
- Produktnummer: 14344522
- Verlag: Vintage Digital
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'056 KB
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