Keywords:
Political leadership
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Frontmatter -- Cover -- Jerzy J. Wiatr: Political Leadership Between Democracy and Authoritarianism. Comparative and Historical Perspectives -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The essence of leadership -- 1. Philosophy of history: determinism versus activism -- 2. Leader's personality: a psychological interpretation -- 3. Ethics of leadership -- Chapter Two: A typology of political leadership -- 1. Max Weber's pure types of legitimate rule -- 2. Controversies over the charismatic leadership -- Chapter Three: Democracy and political leadership -- 1. Leaders and citizens in democracy -- 2. Presidential leadership -- 3. Leadership in parliamentary systems -- 4. Democratic leadership and party systems -- 5. Conservatives, reformers, and nation-builders -- Chapter Four: Autocratic leaders in modern times -- 1. A typology of non-democratic regimes -- 2. The men on horseback -- 3. Totalitarian and authoritarian party leaders -- Chapter Five: Political leadership in the transition to democracy -- 1. Alternative explanations of transition -- 2. Modes of extrication from non-democratic regimes -- 3. Different outcomes: democracies or renewed authoritarianism -- 4. Democratic consolidation: the importance of leadership -- 5. Dilemmas of transformative leadership -- Chapter Six: New authoritarianism and political leadership -- 1. Nationalist populism in the 21st century -- a) Russia -- b) Belarus -- c) Turkey -- d) Hungary -- e) Slovakia, Serbia and Croatia -- f) Poland -- 2. New and old authoritarianism: similaritiesand differences -- 3. New authoritarianism and the post-communist heritage -- 4. Political leadership in new authoritarianism -- Conclusions -- Backmatter -- References -- Keywords -- About the author -- Back cover.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (206 pages)
ISBN:
9783847417996
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6854283
URL:
https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9783847425380.pdf
DDC:
303.34
Language:
English
Note:
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