Dispersed democratic leadership : origins, dynamics, and implications /
This book examines both the scope and consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic societies, a topic that has been relatively neglected by a political science literature dominated by studies of executive power. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership found...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford, UK ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book examines both the scope and consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic societies, a topic that has been relatively neglected by a political science literature dominated by studies of executive power. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership found in modern democracies, some ancient and some newly emergent, some institutionalised and some ad-hoc, some self-consciously political and some avowedly a-political. In assessing theeffects of leadership dispersal, the book argues that understanding how policies are shaped in a democracy requires bala. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191570902 0191570907 9780199562992 0199562997 9780191701856 0191701858 0199604460 9780199604463 1282349023 9781282349025 9786612349027 6612349026 |