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Item Details
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INVENTING LEADERSHIP
THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY |
| By: |
J. Thomas Wren |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£164.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1840649550 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781840649550 |
| Publisher: |
EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2006 |
| Series: |
New Horizons in Leadership Studies Series |
| Pages: |
424 |
| Description: |
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. This book concludes with a proposed model of leadership for a modern democratic world. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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