The Democratic Leader - How Democracy Defines, Empowers and Limits Its Leaders

Informationen zum Autor Patapan's research interests are in democratic theory and practice, political philosophy, political leadership, and comparative constitutionalism. He is a Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia. John and Haig were awarded the Australian Political Studies Association's Mayer Journal Article Prize for the paper judged to be the best published in the Australian Journal of Political Science in 2010. The award was given to the article, 'The Artless Art: Leadership and the Limits of Democratic Rhetoric' (45:3) which was drawn from a chapter in The Democratic Leader. Klappentext Democratic leadership is the most familiar form of leadership and yet the least well understood by people in democratic countries. This book explores the tensions and dilemmas that beset such leadership in order to explain why democracies produce simultaneously the strongest and weakest of leaders. Zusammenfassung Democratic leadership is the most familiar form of leadership and yet the least well understood by people in democratic countries. This book explores the tensions and dilemmas that beset such leadership in order to explain why democracies produce simultaneously the strongest and weakest of leaders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1: Introduction 2: The Neglected Problem of Democratic Leadership 3: Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Legitimacy 4: The Moral Dilemma of Democratic Leadership 5: Leadership and Democratic Rhetoric 6: Leadership in a Constitutional Democracy 7: The Bureaucratic Challenge to Democratic Leadership 8: Democratic Leadership in Foreign Affairs 9: Honour and Democratic Leadership 144 10: Conclusion References Index

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• Authors: John Kane, John (Professor Kane, John/ Patapan Kane, Kane John, Haig Patapan, Haig (Professor Patapan, Patapan Haig
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2012
• EAN: 9780199650477
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965047-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politikwissenschaft, Political Parties, Politische Parteien, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political leaders & leadership, Political science and theory, Political leaders and leadership, Political parties and party platforms