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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807750803321

Autore

Weber Eric Thomas

Titolo

Democracy and leadership : on pragmatism and virtue / / Eric Thomas Weber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-5123-1

0-7391-5124-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

172

Soggetti

Democracy - Moral and ethical aspects

Leadership - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.