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020			_a9780099554851
082			_a303.340 _bBRO
100			_aBrown, Archie
245			_aThe myth of the strong leader: political leadership in the modern age
260			_aLondon _bVintage _c2014
300			_a470
520			_a "All too frequently, leadership is reduced to a simple dichotomy: the strong versus the weak. Yet, there are myriad ways to exercise effective political leadership -- as well as different ways to fail. We blame our leaders for economic downfalls and praise them for vital social reforms, but rarely do we question what makes some leaders successful while others falter. In this magisterial and wide-ranging survey of political leadership over the past hundred years, renowned Oxford politics professor Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that strong leaders meaning those who dominate their colleagues and the policy-making process are the most successful and admirable"
650			_a21st century.
650			_a Political leadership
650			_aHistory
650			_a20th century
653			_aPolitical leadership
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