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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Eric Thomas WeberPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9780739151235ISBN 10: 0739151231 Pages: 330 Publication Date: 21 January 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I The Nature of Leadership and the Democratic Turn Chapter 1 Leadership, Old and New: Aims and Definitions Chapter 2 Lessons from Plato Chapter 3 Dewey on Democratic Leadership Chapter 4 Democratic Political Leadership Part II Intellectual, Moral, and Cultural Challenges for Leadership Chapter 5 Wisdom in Pragmatic Humanism Chapter 6 How Is Leadership Learned? Chapter 7 Democratic Leadership, East and West Chapter 8 Ethics and Justice for Democratic Leadership Part III A Test for Democratic Leadership Chapter 9 Democracy and Leadership in Mississippi Chapter 10 Conclusion AppendixesReviewsWeber is direct and interesting.... Weber demonstrates critical and creative thinking skills when detailing solutions to public problems such as the controversial presence of sex education and corporal punishment in public schools, and the challenge of respecting free speech while confronting the prospects of a KKK rally at the University of Mississippi.... Weber's book is useful and even inspiring, and the weight of common opinion should incline in favor of this work. * The Pluralist * This book will certainly re-orient the field of leadership studies, but its impact will extend beyond that field. By connecting leadership with broader issues about participatory democracy, Weber will find grateful readers across political theory. He strikes a tone of optimistic practicality that especially rings true for pragmatic generation Xers and civic-minded Millennials. This book and its author are positioned as precisely that sort of new public voice capable of leading the next generations as they rise into political power and leadership themselves. -- John Shook, University at Buffalo, New York From Plato through today's college students, Eric Weber's Democracy and Leadership carefully examines the pedagogy of leadership development. Because the book is so rich in content and style, you can add Weber's name to a select list of noted Southern scholars and writers. -- James L. Skip Rutherford, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service This superbly researched and written book defines more clearly than anything that I have read in recent years the elements that are essential for a democratic political system to fulfill its proper mission. Coming as it does in a time of diminished public decision-making capability, particularly at the national government level, this volume points the way out of our current malaise. It should be read by every citizen who wants to see our system work as well as it is capable of. As a former governor of Mississippi, I can attest to the value of the wise and pragmatic counsel it contains. -- William F. Winter, former governor of Mississippi This book will certainly re-orient the field of leadership studies, but its impact will extend beyond that field. By connecting leadership with broader issues about participatory democracy, Weber will find grateful readers across political theory. He strikes a tone of optimistic practicality that especially rings true for pragmatic generation Xers and civic-minded Millennials. This book and its author are positioned as precisely that sort of new public voice capable of leading the next generations as they rise into political power and leadership themselves. -- John Shook, University at Buffalo, New York From Plato through today's college students, Eric Weber's Democracy and Leadership carefully examines the pedagogy of leadership development. Because the book is so rich in content and style, you can add Weber's name to a select list of noted Southern scholars and writers. -- James L. Skip Rutherford, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service This superbly researched and written book defines more clearly than anything that I have read in recent years the elements that are essential for a democratic political system to fulfill its proper mission. Coming as it does in a time of diminished public decision-making capability, particularly at the national government level, this volume points the way out of our current malaise. It should be read by every citizen who wants to see our system work as well as it is capable of. As a former governor of Mississippi, I can attest to the value of the wise and pragmatic counsel it contains. -- William F. Winter, former governor of Mississippi Weber is direct and interesting... Weber demonstrates critical and creative thinking skills when detailing solutions to public problems such as the controversial presence of sex education and corporal punishment in public schools, and the challenge of respecting free speech while confronting the prospects of a KKK rally at the University of Mississippi... Weber's book is useful and even inspiring, and the weight of common opinion should incline in favor of this work. The Pluralist This book will certainly re-orient the field of leadership studies, but its impact will extend beyond that field. By connecting leadership with broader issues about participatory democracy, Weber will find grateful readers across political theory. He strikes a tone of optimistic practicality that especially rings true for pragmatic generation Xers and civic-minded Millennials. This book and its author are positioned as precisely that sort of new public voice capable of leading the next generations as they rise into political power and leadership themselves. -- John Shook, University at Buffalo, New York From Plato through today's college students, Eric Weber's Democracy and Leadership carefully examines the pedagogy of leadership development. Because the book is so rich in content and style, you can add Weber's name to a select list of noted Southern scholars and writers. -- James L. Skip Rutherford, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service This superbly researched and written book defines more clearly than anything that I have read in recent years the elements that are essential for a democratic political system to fulfill its proper mission. Coming as it does in a time of diminished public decision-making capability, particularly at the national government level, this volume points the way out of our current malaise. It should be read by every citizen who wants to see our system work as well as it is capable of. As a former governor of Mississippi, I can attest to the value of the wise and pragmatic counsel it contains. -- William F. Winter, former governor of Mississippi Author InformationEric Thomas Weber is associate professor of public policy leadership at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of Rawls, Dewey, and Constructivism and Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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