02202cam a2200325 i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000250008802000150011302000270012803500240015504000250017904200140020405000230021808200200024110000350026124500940029626000320039030000260042250400670044850503400051552006950085565000490155065000490159965000310164885601060167985600910178518014597OSt20210819124959.0140121s2014    nyu      b    001 0 eng d  a  2014931301  a9780465027668 (hbk.)  a0465027660  z9780465080977 (e-book)  a(OCoLC)ocn853310541  aYDXCPbengcPULerda  alccopycat00aJC330.3b.B75 201404a303.3/409042231 aBrown, Archie,d1938-eauthor.14aThe myth of the strong leader :bpolitical leadership in modern politics /cArchie Brown.  aNew yorkbBasic Booksc2014  ax, 466 pages ;c25 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 367-438) and index.0 aIntroduction -- Putting leaders in context -- Democratic leadership : myths, powers, styles -- Redefining leadership -- Transformational political leadership -- Revolutions and revolutionary leadership -- Totalitarian and authoritarian leadership -- Foreign policy illusions of 'strong leaders' -- What kind of leadership is desirable?  a"All too frequently, leadership is reduced to a simple dichotomy: the strong versus the weak. Yet, there are myriad ways to exercise effective political leadership -- as well as different ways to fail. We blame our leaders for economic downfalls and praise them for vital social reforms, but rarely do we question what makes some leaders successful while others falter. In this magisterial and wide-ranging survey of political leadership over the past hundred years, renowned Oxford politics professor Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that strong leaders meaning those who dominate their colleagues and the policy-making process are the most successful and admirable."--Jacket. 0aPolitical leadershipxHistoryy20th century. 0aPolitical leadershipxHistoryy21st century. 7aPolitische Führung.2gnd423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1412/2014931301-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1412/2014931301-d.html