Dispersed Democratic Leadership

. Ed(s): Kane, John; Patapan, Haig; Hart, Paul 't

ISBN 10: 0199604460 / ISBN 13: 9780199604463

Published by Oxford University Press, 2011

About this Item

Dispersed Democratic Leadership seeks to explore the unique way democracy disperses leadership, and the significant opportunities and challenges it presents to democratic leaders. Editor(s): Kane, John; Patapan, Haig; Hart, Paul 't. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPHL; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 180 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542. . 2011. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dispersed Democratic Leadership
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199604460
• ISBN 13: 9780199604463
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This collection of essays seeks to explore the unique way democracy disperses leadership, and the significant opportunities and challenges it presents to democratic leaders. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership found in modern democracies, some ancient and some newly emergent, some institutionalized and some ad-hoc, some self-consciously political and some avowedly a-political. The public leadership role of people in business, the media, non-governmental organizations, bureaucracy, law, show-business and many other areas are instructively investigated to enhance our appreciation of the complexity of democratic political systems and to allow us to assess the effects, both good and ill, of democratic leadership dispersal.

About the Author

John Kane is Professor of Politics and Public Policy and Deputy Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University in Australia. His research interests include political theory, political leadership, foreign policy and public management. He is the author of numerous articles in books and international journals, co-editor of Rethinking Australian Citizenship and Dissident Democrats, and author of The Politics of Moral Capital and Between Virtue and Power.

Haig Patapan is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University in Australia. His research interests include political theory, political leadership and democratic governance. He is the author of Judging Democracy and Machiavelli in Love, and coeditor of Globalization and Equality, Westminster Legacies , and most recently, Dissident Democrats.

Paul 't Hart is Professor of Political Science at Australian National University and Professor of Public Administration at Utrecht University. His research interests include public leadership, political psychology, crisis management, and policy analysis. He has (co)authored or (co)edited 25 books, including Groupthink in Government, Beyond Groupthink, Success and Failure in Public Governance, The Politics of Crisis Management, and Governing After Crisis.