Inventing leadership : the challenge of democracy / J. Thomas Wren.
Inventing leadership : the challenge of democracy / J. Thomas Wren.
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Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
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N303.34/ 72
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English
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xvii, 404 p. ; 25 cm.
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The classical ideal of the leader. Plato. Thomas Aquinas. Conclusion : fictions and implicit theories -- The classical ideal in republics. Aristotle. Niccolo Machiavelli. James Harrington. The implicit theories of the classical republicans : toward a new implicit theory and a new fiction -- A new co...
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Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.
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Massachusetts
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c2007.
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"The tension between ruler and ruled in democratic societies has never been satisfactorily resolved, and the competing interpretations of this relationship lie at the bottom of much modern political discourse. In this book, Thomas Wren clarifies and elevates the debates over leadership by identifying the fundamental premises and assumptions that un...
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Inventing leadership : the challenge of democracy / J. Thomas Wren.
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New horizons in leadership studies.
New horizons in leadership studies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N303.34/ 72
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74VKR0r0Wm2b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR0r0Wm2b
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9781840649550 (hardcover)
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303.34
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991023268279702626
