Political Leadership Between Democracy and Authoritarianism

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One: The essence of leadership
1. Philosophy of history: determinism versus activism
2. Leader's personality: a psychological interpretation
3. Ethics of leadership
Chapter Two: A typology of political leadership
1. Max Weber's pure types of legitimate rule

2. Controversies over the charismatic leadership
Chapter Three: Democracy and political leadership
1. Leaders and citizens in democracy
2. Presidential leadership
3. Leadership in parliamentary systems
4. Democratic leadership and party systems

5. Conservatives, reformers, and nation-builders
Chapter Four: Autocratic Leaders in Modern Times
1. A typology of non-democratic regimes
2. The men on horseback

3. Totalitarian and authoritarian party leaders
Chapter Five: Political Leadership in the Transition to Democracy

1. Alternative explanations of transition

2. Modes of extrication from non-democratic regimes

3. Different outcomes: democracies or renewed authoritarianism

4. Democratic consolidation: the importance of leadership
5. Dilemmas of transformative leadership

Chapter Six: New authoritarianism and political leadership
1. Populist nationalism in the 21st century

2. New and old authoritarianism: similarities and differences
3. New authoritarianism and post-communist heritage
4. Political leaders in new authoritarianism
Conclusions
References .
Keywords

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