Democracy and leadership : on pragmatism and virtue / Eric Thomas Weber.

In Democracy and Leadership, Eric Thomas Weber draws from Plato's virtues of the ideal city, updated with democratic values and insights from John Dewey, to present both a general and a democratic theory of leadership. Central to the project is the democratic turn away from thinking of leadersh...

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Main Author: Weber, Eric Thomas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
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505 0 |a Preface -- Leadership, old and new: aims and definitions -- Lessons from Plato -- Dewey on democratic leadership -- Democratic political leadership -- Wisdom in pragmatic humanism -- How is leadership learned? -- Democratic leadership, east and west -- Ethics and justice for democratic leadership -- Democracy and leadership in Mississippi -- Conclusion -- Appendices: 1. "Try charters schools experiment where others failing" -- 2. "Cultural divides: barriers remain to educational attainment" -- 3. "Teachers offer hope for Mississippi" -- 4. "Mississippians are ready for comprehensive sex education: social science and public opinion polls agree." 
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