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Good Democratic Leadership: On Prudence and Judgment in Modern
Democracies explores whether, in the current atmosphere of
international economic and political tension, and more generally,
democracies foster and support effective political judgment and
good leadership. In one sense, with their ideals of transparent
government and extensive deliberation, democracies might appear to
promote such good leadership and sound decision-making. Yet, in
another sense, democratic leaders continue to face a number of
challenges, including the sometimes cumbersome institutional limits
placed on their discretion, the need for balance between national
interest, popular sentiment and universal values as well as the
problem of disproportionate influence of commercial interests in
the management of the economy. In analysing various aspects of
democratic leadership, judgement and decision-making from a variety
of theoretical and practical perspectives, all the contributors to
this book address this question of the extent to which democracies
support good judgment and thereby the possibility of good
leadership in democracies.
The Democratic Leader argues that leaders occupy a unique place in
democracies. The foundational principle of democracy - popular
sovereignty - implies that the people must rule. Yet the people can
rule only by granting a trust of authority to individual leaders.
This produces a tension that results in a unique type of
leadership, specifically, democratic leadership. Democratic
leaders, once they have the confidence and authority of the people,
are very powerful because they rule through consent and not through
fear. Yet in many respects they are the weakest of leaders, because
democrats distrust leaders and impose on them a range of
far-reaching constraints-legal, moral and political. The democratic
leader must perpetually navigate the powerful and contending forces
of public cynicism, founded in the suspicion that all leaders are
self-interested power-seekers, and of public idealism, founded in a
perennial hope that good leaders will act nobly by sacrificing
themselves for the people. The Democratic Leader suggests that the
inherent difficulty of this form of leadership cannot be resolved,
and indeed is necessary for securing the strength and stability of
democracy.
Machiavelli in Love argues that the key to modernity is its
understanding of love. This understanding, a reformulation of
classical eros and Christian agape and caritas, accounts for
significant aspects of modern political thought and practice,
ranging from its conception of beauty, to its theories of power and
constitutionalism, to its understanding of philosophy. To explore
this modern conception of love Haig Patapan returns to Machiavelli
and the origins of modernity, where the radical nature of the
proposed changes compelled detailed elaboration and defence,
allowing us to discern with greater clarity the choices faced and
the claims advanced. Machiavelli in Love examines Machiavelli's
'modern' understanding of love and its political and philosophical
consequences by relying on the distinctions he himself makes
between his epistolary, poetical and political works. Each chapter
of the book engages different facets of his thought to yield a
comprehensive appreciation of Machiavellian love and fear and its
implication for modernity. Machiavelli in Love is a unique and
fascinating book that will appeal to students and scholars in
fields as diverse as intellectual history, philosophy, and
political science.
Is globalisation creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new
forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of
inequality more morally or politically significant than they would
otherwise have been? Globalisation and Equality examines these and
related questions, exploring the way increasing globalisation is
challenging our conceptions of equality. The contributors explore
these themes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Some
adopt a more abstract approach, exploring foundational questions
concerning the meaning of equality, its social and political
dimensions, and more specifically its moral implications in a
global context. Others engage the general themes of globalisation
and equality by focusing on specific topics, such as welfare,
citizenship, gender, culture, and the environment. Original in the
questions it poses, and interdisciplinary in its approach, this
collection of essays will appeal to all those with an interest in
globalisation and equality.
Is globalization creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new
forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of
inequality more morally or politically significant than they would
otherwise have been? "Globalization and Equality" examines these
and related questions, exploring the way increasing globalization
is challenging our conceptions of equality. The contributors
explore these themes from both theoretical and empirical
perspectives. Some adopt a more abstract approach, exploring
foundational questions concerning the meaning of equality, its
social and political dimensions, and more specifically its moral
implications in a global context. Others engage the general themes
of globalization and equality by focusing on specific topics, such
as welfare, citizenship, gender, culture, and the environment.
Original in the questions it poses, and interdisciplinary in its
approach, this collection of essays will appeal to all those with
an interest in globalization and equality.
Dispersed Democratic Leadership examines both the scope and
consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic
societies, a topic that has been relatively neglected by a
political science literature dominated by studies of executive
power. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership
found in modern democracies, some ancient and some newly emergent,
some institutionalized and some ad-hoc, some self-consciously
political and some avowedly a-political. In assessing the effects
of leadership dispersal, the book argues that understanding how
policies are shaped in a democracy requires balancing the usual
person-centered approach with one that is more contextual,
institutional, and relational. The public leadership role of people
in business, the media, non-governmental organizations,
bureaucracy, law, show-business and many other areas are
instructively investigated to enhance our appreciation of the
complexity of democratic political systems and to allow us to
assess the effects, both good and ill, of democratic leadership
dispersal.
The High Court is taking an increasingly important role in shaping the contours of democracy in Australia. In deciding fundamental democratic questions, does the Court pursue a consistent and overarching democratic vision? Judging Democracy addresses this question by examining the Court's recent decisions on human rights, citizenship, native title and separation of powers. It represents the first major political and legal examination of the Court's new jurisprudence and the way it is influencing democracy and the institutions of governance in Australia. A foreword to the book has been written by the former Chief Justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason.
Dispersed Democratic Leadership examines both the scope and
consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic
societies, a topic that has been relatively neglected by a
political science literature dominated by studies of executive
power. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership
found in modern democracies, some ancient and some newly emergent,
some institutionalized and some ad-hoc, some self-consciously
political and some avowedly a-political. In assessing the effects
of leadership dispersal, the book argues that understanding how
policies are shaped in a democracy requires balancing the usual
person-centered approach with one that is more contextual,
institutional, and relational. The public leadership role of people
in business, the media, non-governmental organizations,
bureaucracy, law, show-business and many other areas are
instructively investigated to enhance our appreciation of the
complexity of democratic political systems and to allow us to
assess the effects, both good and ill, of democratic leadership
dispersal.
Machiavelli in Love argues that the key to modernity is its
understanding of love. This understanding, a reformulation of
classical eros and Christian agape and caritas, accounts for
significant aspects of modern political thought and practice,
ranging from its conception of beauty, to its theories of power and
constitutionalism, to its understanding of philosophy. To explore
this modern conception of love Haig Patapan returns to Machiavelli
and the origins of modernity, where the radical nature of the
proposed changes compelled detailed elaboration and defence,
allowing us to discern with greater clarity the choices faced and
the claims advanced. Machiavelli in Love examines Machiavelli's
'modern' understanding of love and its political and philosophical
consequences by relying on the distinctions he himself makes
between his epistolary, poetical and political works. Each chapter
of the book engages different facets of his thought to yield a
comprehensive appreciation of Machiavellian love and fear and its
implication for modernity. Machiavelli in Love is a unique and
fascinating book that will appeal to students and scholars in
fields as diverse as intellectual history, philosophy, and
political science.
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