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020 _a9780099554851
082 _a303.340BRO
100 _aBrown, Archie.
245 4 _aThe myth of the strong leader
_bpolitical leadership in the modern age
260 _aLondon
_bThe Bodley Head
_c2014
300 _aix,367p.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aAll 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.
650 _aPolitical Leadership
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