Foreword Introduction Chapter One: The essence of leadership 1. Philosophy of history: determinism versus activism 2. Leader's personality: a psychological interpretation 3. Ethics of leadership Chapter Two: A typology of political leadership 1. Max Weber's pure types of legitimate rule
2. Controversies over the charismatic leadership Chapter Three: Democracy and political leadership 1. Leaders and citizens in democracy 2. Presidential leadership 3. Leadership in parliamentary systems 4. Democratic leadership and party systems
5. Conservatives, reformers, and nation-builders Chapter Four: Autocratic Leaders in Modern Times 1. A typology of non-democratic regimes 2. The men on horseback
3. Totalitarian and authoritarian party leaders Chapter Five: Political Leadership in the Transition to Democracy
1. Alternative explanations of transition
2. Modes of extrication from non-democratic regimes
3. Different outcomes: democracies or renewedauthoritarianism
4. Democratic consolidation: the importance of leadership 5. Dilemmas of transformative leadership
Chapter Six: New authoritarianism and political leadership 1. Populist nationalism in the 21st century
2. New and old authoritarianism: similarities and differences 3. New authoritarianism and post-communist heritage 4. Political leaders in new authoritarianism Conclusions References . Keywords
About the author
Jerzy J. Wiatr is Professor emeritus at the University of Warsaw and Honorary Rector of the European School of Law and Administration in Warsaw, Poland, and Brussels, Belgium.