Full Description
This book sheds light on the theory of political leadership, which is still an under-researched field of political science. It is related to the philosophical argument about determinism versus activism and helps to understand the basic conflict of the 21st century between liberal democracy and new authoritarianism. The book looks at Max Weber's typology of political rule and his concept of the ethics of responsibility, which are key to the theory of leadership. The author shows that the unfinished contest between democracy and new authoritarianism in the 21st century confirms the importance of leadership in old and new democracies as well as in the neo-authoritarian regimes and calls for a new type of political leaders.
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. Populist nationalism in the 21st century
2. New and old authoritarianism: similarities and differences
3. New authoritarianism and post-communist heritage
4. Political leaders in new authoritarianism
Conclusions
References .
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