Leadership Accountability in a Globalizing World
Published on 2. May 2006
Book
Hardback
XI, 270 pages
978-1-4039-8696-2 (ISBN)
Description
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. The lessons are for those learning to be, or learning to question, leaders.
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Edition
2006 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XI, 270 p.
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-8696-2 (9781403986962)
DOI
10.1057/9780230596825
Schweitzer Classification
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C. Williams
Leadership Accountability in a Globalizing World
E-Book
05/2006
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€96.29
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Person
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS has held posts at the United Nations University Leadership Academy, and the universities of Cambridge, Cairo and London. He currently works at the Centre for International Education and Research, University of Birmingham.
Content
List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction PART 1: AN ERA OF ACCOUNTABILITY Political Violence Political and Economic Corruption Environmental Security Immunity and Extradition The Pattern of Accountability Implications PART 2: GLOBAL FEUDING: REGIME CHANGE AND RETRIBUTION The Context The Public Questioning The Formal Forums The Outcomes The Explanations Retributive Accountability Implications PART 3: SOCIAL IMPETUS: DECEIT, EVOLUTION AND ICT Evolutionary Explanations How Leaders 'Do' Harm Why Pupulations React Why Now? - The Significance of ICT A Social Impetus-Trends Theory Implications PART 4: PERSONALIZING PROTEST: GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY The Accountability NGOs Strategies and Social Sanctions Hasten Slowly Implications PART 5: PROGNOSES: CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS Future Concerns Leadership Intergrity and Moral Authority A Global Shift in Moral Authority Direct Democratic Accountability Implications PART 6: CONCLUSION: THE ACCOUNTABILITY WEBS Personalized Up-system Accountability The Retributive Aspect The Evolutionary-technology Synergy The Personalization of protest Changing Power Relations Notes