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Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership

The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy (Hardcover): Kenneth P. Ruscio The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy (Hardcover)
Kenneth P. Ruscio
R3,024 Discovery Miles 30 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In one of the first attempts to link the expanding field of leadership studies with classic works in political theory, Kenneth Ruscio places the study of political leadership squarely within the field of democratic thought and argues that claims about the legitimate duties and responsibilities of leaders depend upon claims about principles of democracy.It is impossible to imagine effective democracies without effective leaders. Yet leaders are often seen as the problem democratic governance is designed to solve, not the solution. Through a careful but lively critique of some of the classic works in modern democratic thought - from Machiavelli to Locke and from The Federalist Papers to Rawls - The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy explains what is meant by effective political leadership in a system and culture of government where the power and discretion of leaders are severely limited. A compelling and provocative study, this volume will be of interest to scholars of leadership studies, political scientists, democratic theorists, and all those interested in concepts of democracy and the challenges faced by leaders.

Menachem Begin - A Life (Hardcover): Avi Shilon Menachem Begin - A Life (Hardcover)
Avi Shilon; Translated by Danielle Zilberberg, Yoram Sharett
R2,219 Discovery Miles 22 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first full-scale biography of one of the most important-and enigmatic-leaders in Israeli history This riveting biography is the first to provide a satisfactory answer to the question, Who was Menachem Begin? Based on wide-ranging research among archival documents and on testimonials and interviews with Begin's closest advisers, the book presents a detailed new portrait ofIsrael's founding leader. Among the many topics Avi Shilon holds up to new light are Begin's antagonistic relationship with David Ben-Gurion, his controversial role in the 1982 Lebanon War, his unique leadership style, the changes in his ideology over the years, and the mystery behind the total silence he maintained at the end of his career. Through Begin's remarkable life, the book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today.

Heath and Thatcher in Opposition (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Eric Caines Heath and Thatcher in Opposition (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Eric Caines
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book traces how Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, during their respective years as Conservative Opposition Leaders (1965-70 and 1975-79), managed their Party's attempts to ensure a return to government, each after two electoral defeats. They did so in the context of an emergent New Conservatism, championed by the likes of Enoch Powell, Keith Joseph and Nigel Lawson, which betokened a long-term change from the post-war Butskellite settlement. Against a national background of declining economic status, high inflation, debilitating public sector strikes and internal Conservative Party debates, particularly over industrial relations policy and monetarism, they adopted strikingly different approaches to policy-making in Opposition. The book illustrates how, paradoxically, Heath's technocratic over-prescription failed to save his eventual premiership, while Thatcher's under-committed policy design failed to impede her leading a purposeful and transformative government i n the 1980s.

Leadership Accountability in a Globalizing World (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): C. Williams Leadership Accountability in a Globalizing World (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
C. Williams
R2,888 Discovery Miles 28 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leadership accountability - for violence, corruption and environmental harm - is a new aspect of globalization and civil society. This innovative forward-looking analysis explains how 'cumulative lock-in' fuels leadership deceit, and then a reaction rooted in our evolutionary psyche. Moral authority may shift from West to East, and 'direct democratic accountability' may supersede voting systems. If legitimate accountability fails, global feuding and retributive accountability may continue. The lessons are for those learning to be, or learning to question, leaders.

Kamala's Way (Paperback): Dan Morain Kamala's Way (Paperback)
Dan Morain
R300 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R46 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to be elected Vice President of the United States. In Kamala's Way, longtime Los Angeles Times reporter Dan Morain charts how the daughter of two immigrants born in segregated California became one of this country's most effective power players. He takes readers through Harris's years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, explores her audacious embrace of the little-known Barack Obama, and shows the sharp elbows she deployed to make it to the US Senate. He analyses her failure as a presidential candidate and the behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to land the Vice President spot. And along the way, Morain paints a vivid picture of her family, values and priorities, as well as the missteps, risks and bold moves she's made on her way to the top. Kamala's Way is a comprehensive account of the Vice President-Elect and her history-making career.

Candidate-Centered Campaigns - Political Messages, Winning Personalities, and Personal Appeals (Hardcover): Barbour Candidate-Centered Campaigns - Political Messages, Winning Personalities, and Personal Appeals (Hardcover)
Barbour
R2,599 R1,923 Discovery Miles 19 230 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book discussed how contemporary political campaigns are increasingly sensitive to candidate-centered appeals, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their own candidate to determine how their personalities, backgrounds, and likability and background fit into a campaign narrative, theme, and issue agenda.

Killing a King - The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel (Hardcover): Dan Ephron Killing a King - The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel (Hardcover)
Dan Ephron
R666 R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Save R125 (19%) Out of stock

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by Orthodox Jew Yigal Amir, twenty years ago this November, remains the most consequential event in the country's recent history. Killing a King relates parallel stories over the two years leading up to the assassination, as Rabin plotted political deals he hoped would lead to peace and Amir plotted murder. Dan Ephron covered both the rally where Rabin was assassinated and the subsequent murder trial. This deeply researched narrative is based on a trove of documents from the era and interviews with the key players, including members of Amir's family. Only through the prism of the murder is it possible to understand Israel today, from the paralysis in peace-making to the relationship between Netanyahu and Obama.

Framing the Rhetoric of a Leader - An Analysis of Obama's Election Campaign Speeches (Hardcover): M. Degani Framing the Rhetoric of a Leader - An Analysis of Obama's Election Campaign Speeches (Hardcover)
M. Degani
R2,296 R2,022 Discovery Miles 20 220 Save R274 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on a selection of 30 election campaign speeches during Obama's first run for the American presidency in 2008, this book investigates the Democratic presidential candidate's much celebrated rhetoric from a cognitive semantics point of view.

Cold War Diplomat - Inside U.S. Diplomacy 1981-2011 (Hardcover): George a Glass Cold War Diplomat - Inside U.S. Diplomacy 1981-2011 (Hardcover)
George a Glass
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Presidential Power - Documents Decoded (Hardcover): Brian M. Harward Presidential Power - Documents Decoded (Hardcover)
Brian M. Harward
R3,025 Discovery Miles 30 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume uses essential and illuminating primary documents as a portal for understanding the evolution and present parameters of presidential power, the relationship between America's three branches of government, and why wartime often leads presidents to claim expansive powers and authority. Presidential Power: Documents Decoded provides a thorough examination of the historical and political context of key, critical moments in constitutional history and presidential power that makes possible opportunities for students to explore American politics in an interesting, memorable, and dynamic way. Each of the case studies reveals important dimensions of the constitutional order in the United States—and enables readers to better grasp how executive power has shifted and expanded. The book takes specific events, people, institutions, or ideas and places them in a broader context so that readers can observe patterns and make connections among seemingly disparate happenings and concepts relating to executive power. Accompanied by explanatory sidebars, the included primary sources let students examine actual documentary evidence of key elements of executive power—for example, the presidential memorandum, the National Security cable, and the prisoner's petition—and reach their own judgment of the implications of that document for the American political system.

China in the Xi Jinping Era (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Steve Tsang, Honghua Men China in the Xi Jinping Era (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Steve Tsang, Honghua Men
R6,025 Discovery Miles 60 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the driving forces behind national-level politics, changes to the judiciary, social control, economic reform, environmental protection, urban development, the management of ethnic relations, as well as foreign and security policy orientation in China under Xi Jinping. It explains Xi's ambition, examines the limitations he has to confront, and maps the direction of reform he pursues. The book starts off by examining how the consultative Leninist nature of the political system continues to shape politics and policy in China under Xi, and what the China dream Xi advocates actually entails domestically and beyond China. It ends by highlighting the megatrends that will prevail in the decade when Xi is expected to stay in power. The book also includes contributions from five Central Party School professors whose views are taken seriously by the Chinese leadership.

Charles De Gaulle and the Media - Leadership, TV and the Birth of the Fifth Republic (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Riccardo Brizzi Charles De Gaulle and the Media - Leadership, TV and the Birth of the Fifth Republic (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Riccardo Brizzi; Translated by Jon Kear
R3,945 R3,576 Discovery Miles 35 760 Save R369 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores Charles De Gaulle's use and strict control of television between 1958 and 1969, highlighting the association between charismatic power and television with regards to legitimizing the Gaullist leadership and determining an evolution towards presidentialism during the Fifth Republic. A protagonist of European political history of the twentieth century, Charles de Gaulle was a pioneer in the use of mass media: in the Second World War he had earned the nickname of General-micro due to his reliance on radio communication; in 1958 he then started an substantive and fruitful use of television, which some of his opponents labelled as 'telecracy'. From difficult beginnings, where he followed the advice of publicity and communication experts, through his masterful TV appearances during the dramatic moments of the Algerian War, to the presidential campaign of 1965 and the crisis of May 1968, the author paints a compelling fresco of de Gaulle as the first TV leader in contemporary European history. The book will appeal to students and scholars interested in the fields of French politics, political communication and political leadership.

Building the Ghanaian Nation-State - Kwame Nkrumah's Symbolic Nationalism (Hardcover): H. Fuller Building the Ghanaian Nation-State - Kwame Nkrumah's Symbolic Nationalism (Hardcover)
H. Fuller
R2,955 R1,991 Discovery Miles 19 910 Save R964 (33%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ghana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons.

Prime Ministers and Rhetorical Governance (Hardcover): D. Grube Prime Ministers and Rhetorical Governance (Hardcover)
D. Grube
R2,591 R1,915 Discovery Miles 19 150 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It is a well-known fact that Prime ministers are fond of talking, in fact at times it seems impossible to get them to do anything else. The reason for this constant talking is that Prime Ministers are all too aware of the importance of frequently talking to and communicating with the electorate. Political rhetoric has a central function that goes far beyond the need to rouse people at election time or in times of great crisis but rather persuasive political talk by prime ministers is central to the practice of modern government itself.This book argues that there are institutionalised patterns in the speeches that prime ministers give. Like an old-style jukebox, there are only a certain number of records in the prime ministerial machine. Inevitably, each prime minister will play the same songs in the same order as their predecessor. This repetitive rhetoric has an impact not just on the minds of voters, but also on day-to-day governance in Westminster system democracies.

Politics and the Ruling Group in Putin's Russia (Hardcover): S. White Politics and the Ruling Group in Putin's Russia (Hardcover)
S. White
R1,509 Discovery Miles 15 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There is little consensus about the nature of the political system that has emerged during the Putin presidency. This collection considers the issues arising in this connection, focusing more closely on institutions such as the presidency and the security police, and on the socioeconomic dimensions of political power.

Duncan Sandys and British Nuclear Policy-Making (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Lewis Betts Duncan Sandys and British Nuclear Policy-Making (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Lewis Betts
R3,518 Discovery Miles 35 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers new perspectives on British nuclear policy-making at the height of the Cold War, arguing that the decisions taken by the British government during the 1950s and 1960s in pursuit of its nuclear ambitions cannot be properly understood without close reference to Duncan Sandys, and in particular the policy preferences that emerged from his experiences of the Second World War and his efforts leading Britain's campaign against the V-1 and V-2. Immersing himself in this campaign against unmanned weaponry, Sandys came to see ballistic missiles as the only guarantor of nuclear credibility in the post-war world, placing them at the centre of his strategic thinking and developing a sincerely-held and logically-consistent belief system which he carried with him through a succession of ministerial roles, allowing him to exert a previously undocumented level of influence on the nature of Britain's nuclear capabilities and its approach to the Cold War. This book shows the profound influence Sandys' personal belief system had on Britain's attempts to acquire a credible nuclear deterrent.

Generaal Ben Viljoen, 1868-1917 (Afrikaans, Hardcover): J.W. Meijer Generaal Ben Viljoen, 1868-1917 (Afrikaans, Hardcover)
J.W. Meijer
R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Ben Viljoen sal in die eerste plek onthou word as die Boeregeneraal, die oorwinnaar in die Slag van Vaalkrans en, danksy FW Reitz se bekende gedig, die veroweraar van die Lady Roberts. Viljoen was flambojant van geaardheid, romanties, ’n sterk leier, behulpsaam en lojaal. Gedurende die Anglo-Boereoorlog word hy bevorder van kommandant tot assistent-kommandant-generaal. Sy individualisme het hom egter verhinder om effektief in ’n groter georganiseerde eenheid te funksioneel. Hy verkies om sy eie kop te volg en sy besluite was dikwels omstrede. Kort voor die einde van die oorlog word hy krygsgevange geneem en na St. Helena verban. Na die oorlog vestig hy hom in Nieu-Mexiko in die VSA en Mexiko en word daar militere raadgewer van die Mexikaanse president.

The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates (Hardcover, 2007 ed.): A Rugh The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
A Rugh
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book describes the impact of cultural perceptions on rulers' behaviors in the United Arab Emirates, once the Trucial States. Despite differences in size, economic resources, and external political pressures, the seven emirates' rulers utilized very similar cultural expectations to gain the support of others. The author describes what has generally been only touched upon before--the significant but largely "invisible" roles women and marriage play in the political process of tribal societies.

Securing Europe after Napoleon - 1815 and the New European Security Culture (Hardcover): Beatrice De Graaf, Ido De Haan, Brian... Securing Europe after Napoleon - 1815 and the New European Security Culture (Hardcover)
Beatrice De Graaf, Ido De Haan, Brian Vick
R2,829 Discovery Miles 28 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the leaders of Europe at the Congress of Vienna aimed to establish a new balance of power. The settlement established in 1815 ushered in the emergence of a genuinely European security culture. In this volume, leading historians offer new insights into the military cooperation, ambassadorial conferences, transnational police networks, and international commissions that helped produce stability. They delve into the lives of diplomats, ministers, police officers and bankers, and many others who were concerned with peace and security on and beyond the European continent. This volume is a crucial contribution to the debates on securitisation and security cultures emerging in response to threats to the international order.

Yitzhak Rabin - A Political Biography (Hardcover, New): L. Derfler Yitzhak Rabin - A Political Biography (Hardcover, New)
L. Derfler
R1,938 Discovery Miles 19 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A political, critical, and analytical biography of Yitzhak Rabin, this book makes use of recently-opened archival material and provides explanations for the important episodes in Rabin's life. Leslie Derfler examines Rabin's longtime leadership of the Israeli military and state and Rabin's efforts to secure a peace with Egypt and the Palestinians. He reveals that, while Rabin's opposition to a two-state solution remained firm, Rabin had a longstanding belief in Palestinians' right to shape their own destiny and an underlying awareness of the need for a political rather than military solution to the problem of Israeli security.

Albertina Sisulu (Hardcover, Abridged): Sindiwe Magona, Elinor Sisulu Albertina Sisulu (Hardcover, Abridged)
Sindiwe Magona, Elinor Sisulu
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Albertina Sisulu is revered by South Africans as the true mother of the nation. A survivor of the golden age of the African National Congress, whose life with the second most important figure in the ANC exemplified the underpinning role of women in the struggle against apartheid.

In 1944 she was the sole woman at the inaugural meeting of the radical offshoot of the ANC, the Youth League, with Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and Anton Lembede in the vanguard. Her final years were spent in an unpretentious house in the former white Johannesburg suburb of Linden. A friend said of her, "she treated everybody alike. But her main concern was the welfare of our women and children." This abridged account of Sisulu’s overflowing life provides a fresh understanding of an iconic figure of South African history.

This new abridged memoir is written by Sindiwe Magona, one of South Africa’s most prolific authors, and Elinor Sisulu, writer, activist and daughter-in-law of Albertina.

Neville Chamberlain and British Rearmament - Pride, Prejudice, and Politics (Hardcover, New): John Ruggiero Neville Chamberlain and British Rearmament - Pride, Prejudice, and Politics (Hardcover, New)
John Ruggiero
R2,796 Discovery Miles 27 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A reexamination of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy, this study challenges prevailing images of Chamberlain as a tragic hero--a man of peace, naively impressed by the dictators, who did his best under difficult circumstances to prepare his country for war. Instead, the author suggests that Chamberlain dominated his government and demonstrated an uncanny ability to manipulate those around him in support of his own personal vision of Britain's national interest. The failure to rearm to a level consistent with imperial obligations presented a formidable problem. The British Government admittedly had no good option available to it; however, Chamberlain was prepared to endure the humiliating consequences of appeasement, even if it meant peace at any price. He did so for personal, political, and prejudicial reasons. Ruggiero argues that, without Chamberlain, British rearmament would have taken a new direction, and such action might have prevented World War II. Relying primarily upon the Chamberlain Papers and Cabinet Records, this account details how and why Chamberlain adopted his chosen course of action, even after all support for his policies fell away as a result of the Munich Crisis. Most studies have concentrated directly on Chamberlain's appeasement policy, and this is the only one that analyzes his role in the rearmament program at length. It also sheds new light on appeasement by illustrating the connection between the policy and Britain's attempts to rearm.

Ed (Paperback): Mehdi Hasan, James MacIntyre Ed (Paperback)
Mehdi Hasan, James MacIntyre
R404 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What makes a man put politics and ambition before family? Ed Miliband is perhaps the least understood political leader of modern times. This book reveals where he has come from and where he is going. It charts his unique upbringing, against the backdrop of tragedy and with a prominent Marxist thinker for a father. But Ed's story cannot be fully understood outside the context of his struggle to emerge from the shadow of his elder brother, David. Ed followed David to the same college at Oxford, into Parliament and into the Cabinet before, at the eleventh hour, snatching away David's dream of the leadership.

Statesmanship and Progressive Reform: An Assessment of Herbert Croly's Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover, New): J. Alvis, J... Statesmanship and Progressive Reform: An Assessment of Herbert Croly's Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover, New)
J. Alvis, J Jividen
R1,487 Discovery Miles 14 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Statesmanship and Progressive Reform provides a critical assessment of Herbert Croly's influential account of Abraham Lincoln in his book, The Promise of American Life (1909). As founder and editor of The New Republic, Croly was one of the premier intellectual architects of the American Progressive movement. A defining element of Croly's book was his claim that Progressivism was a continuation of the spirit of Lincoln's political thought. This identification of Progressive politics with the Lincoln legacy became a major component of Progressive and modern liberal political rhetoric, especially among presidents like Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Lyndon Johnson, and most recently, Barack Obama. Croly's account of Lincoln is crucial to his ideology of reform, yet Jividen and Alvis provide a brand-new argument that this praise and analysis of Lincoln is highly problematic. Statesmanship and Progressive Reform shows how Croly's depiction of Lincoln looks almost exclusively at his character or "spirit," rather than his speeches, writings, or deeds - all of which would not have aligned so easily to the principals of Progressivism. Despite his adulation of Lincoln, Croly rejects the first principles of American democracy as Lincoln understood them and arrives at a notion of American statesmanship that sharply departs from that of his seemingly ideal statesman.

Transformed by Crisis - The Presidency of George W. Bush and American Politics (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): J Kraus, K. McMahon, D... Transformed by Crisis - The Presidency of George W. Bush and American Politics (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
J Kraus, K. McMahon, D Rankin
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The presidency of George W. Bush has been a curious one: born in contention, challenged by the most dramatic foreign directed attack on American soil, and transformed by a combination of crisis and conflict that has generated considerable support domestically. And yet, while much attention has been focused on the Bush administration's extrernal policies, how it has pursued its goals and had its effects on the domestic scene has been as important. Examining the push and pull of the Bush presidency by looking especially at domestic dynamics, the authors look at the tendency towards centralizing power and its implications for American politics. From the midterm elections of 2002, where the Republicans scored historic victories, to relations with the press, and from executive branch relations with Congress to increased federal involvement in education, the authors examine and shed light on crucial issues. This book examines how words and deeds in a time of crisis will define the Bush presidency place in American politics and history.

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