03449nam 22005295 450 991014869470332120230515055000.01-4426-5449-X1-4426-5256-X10.3138/9781442652569(CKB)3710000000922492(MiAaPQ)EBC4730233(DE-B1597)479342(OCoLC)992454074(DE-B1597)9781442652569(OCoLC)967533725(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107405(EXLCZ)99371000000092249220170630d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPolitical Leadership in Sierra Leone /John CartwrightToronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]©19781 online resource (311 pages) illustrations, mapsHeritageIncludes index.1-4426-3897-4 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Settings for Political Leadership -- 2. Sierra Leone at the Start of Deconolonisation: A Brief Overview -- 3. Major Political Events in Sierra Leone, 1951-67 -- 4. Milton and Albert Margai: A Portrait of Two Leaders -- 5. National Leaders and Local Politics -- 6. Leadership and Ethnic Conflict -- 7. The Pace of Social Change as a Source of Conflict -- 8. Economic Development and Political Leadership -- 9. Conclusions -- Methodological Appendix: The 1968 Questionnaire Regarding Leadership in Sierra Leone -- IndexIn an age when men have come to believe that their destinies can be determined by human actions rather than by fate, the question looms large of what a leader can do to fulfill the aspirations of those looking for guidance. Since the political arena is one involving the use of power, the position of the political leader in particular has become the focus for men's hopes and fears.This book is a case study of the effect that different forms of political leadership can have upon the shaping of a single state. It focuses upon two successive Prime Ministers of the Small West African state of Sierra Leone: Sir Milton Margai and his younger brother Sir Albert Margai. By examining their dealings with local political units, their handling of ethnic and regional conflicts, their attitude of change and their relations with major economic forces, the author assesses why both leaders had such different measures of success with their divergent political policies.The major findings of this study are that the method that a leader chooses to accomplish his goals can be important to their realisation as the choice of goals themselves and that a leader may find himself committed to a particular course through simply pursuing a line of least resistance.POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / AfricanbisacshSierra LeonePolitics and governmentSierra LeoneEconomic conditions1896-1961Sierra LeoneEconomic conditions1961-Electronic books. POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.320.9/6/6404Cartwright John749455DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910148694703321Political Leadership in Sierra Leone2060354UNINA