{"product_id":"9780099554851-the-myth-of-the-strong-leader","title":"The Myth of the Strong Leader","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolitical Leadership in the Modern Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* UPDATED WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArchie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* UPDATED WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArchie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin authoritarian regimes, a collective leadership is a lesser evil compared with a personal dictatorship. Within democracies, although ‘strong leaders’ are seldom as strong or independent as they purport to be, the idea that just one person is entitled to take the big decisions is harmful and should be resisted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mikhail Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping and Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair amongst many others, this landmark study pinpoints different types and qualities of leadership. Overturning the popular notion of the strong leader, it makes us rethink preconceptions about what it means to lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942953463905,"sku":"9780099554851","price":11.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32223457.jpg?v=1737103395","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099554851-the-myth-of-the-strong-leader","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}