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Record Nr.

UNINA9910918599103321

Autore

Viviani Lorenzo

Titolo

Leadership and Democracy : A Political Sociology of the Personalisation of Leadership / / by Lorenzo Viviani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031771637

303177163X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology, , 2946-6024

Altri autori (Persone)

VivianiLorenzo

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Political sociology

Political leadership

Europe - Politics and government

Political Sociology

Political Leadership

European Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 : Introduction. For a Political Sociology of Leadership -- Chapter 2: Leadership and Power -- Chapter 3: Leadership and Society -- Chapter 4: The Weberian Sociology of Leadership -- Chapter 5: Personalisation, Leadership and Democracy -- Chapter 6: Populist Leadership -- Chapter 7: Epilogue. Leadership and democracy: crisis and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses political leadership, addressing key questions central to the ongoing debate on the transformation of contemporary democracies. What exactly is political leadership? How does the relationship between leadership and power shape democratic transformations? What role do individuals play in broader historical processes? How does the personalisation of politics manifest, and how does it differ between leader democracy and populism? Is there still room for charismatic leadership in modern democracies and societies? These are some of the critical questions explored in this volume. The book traces the sociological relationship between leadership and power



from foundational theories in the social sciences, through the personalisation of politics, to the rise of leader democracy and populist leadership. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners in the fields of political sociology, political science, and leadership studies, as well as anyone engaged in understanding the evolving dynamics of leadership in contemporary democracies. Lorenzo Viviani is Professor of Political Sociology in the Department of Political Science, University of Pisa, Italy.