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Democracy and leadership : on pragmatism and virtue
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In Democracy and Leadership, Eric Thomas Weber draws from Plato's virtues of the ideal city, updated with democratic values and insights from John Dewey, to present both a general and a democratic ...
In Democracy and Leadership, Eric Thomas Weber draws from Plato's virtues of the ideal city, updated with democratic values and insights from John Dewey, to present both a general and a democratic theory of leadership. Central to the project is the democratic turn away from thinking of leadership as persons to thinking of it as a process open to all.
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- Creator
- Eric Thomas Weber
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Lexington Books, 2014
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (331 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780739151235, 0739151231, 9780739151242, 073915124X, 0739151223, 1306170869
- OCLC
- ocn864899791
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Contents; Preface; I: The Nature of Leadership and the Democratic Turn; 1 Leadership, Old and New; 2 Lessons from Plato; 3 Dewey on Democratic Leadership; 4 Democratic Political Leadership; II: Four Challenges forDemocratic Leadership; 5 Wisdom in Pragmatic Humanism; 6 How Is Leadership Learned?; 7 Democratic Leadership, East and West; 8 Ethics and Justice for Democratic Leadership; III: A Test for Democratic Leadership; 9 Democracy and Leadership in Mississippi; 10 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendices; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Bibliography; Index; About the Author