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All too frequently, leadership is reduced to a simple dichotomy: the strong versus the weak. Yet, there are myriad ways to exercise effective political leadershipas 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.In reality, only a minority of political leaders will truly make a lasting difference. Though we tend to dismiss more collegial styles of leadership as weak, it is often the most cooperative leaders who have the greatest impact. Drawing on extensive research and decades of political analysis and experience, Brown illuminates the achievements, failures and foibles of a broad array of twentieth century politicians. Whether speaking of __redefining__ leaders like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Margaret
Who reads The Myth of the Strong Leader : Political Leadership in the Modern Age?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Archie Brown
- Publisher
- Basic Civitas Books
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465027668
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Political Science
- Rating
- 3.64 / 5 (189 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14