Politics as Leadership: Revised Edition

by Robert C. Tucker

Book Overview

Robert C. Tucker begins this invaluable book with an analytical look at politics, leadership, and the effect each has on the other. Aligning himself with Plato's view of politics as leadership, Tucker argues that politics is more usefully defined from this perspective than from the more familiar stance of the exercise of power. He maintains leaders must define collective problems, prescribe actions or policies, and finally seek support for their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826210236
• ISBN13: 9780826210234
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5