DISPERSED LEADERSHIP IN DEMOCRACY C

Dispersed Democratic Leadership examines both the scope and consequences of the dispersal of the leadership role in democratic societies a topic that has been relatively neglected by a political science literature dominated by studies of executive power. Individual chapters investigate the many loci of leadership found in modern democracies some ancient and some newly emergent some institutionalized and some ad hoc some self-consciously political and some avowedly apolitical. In assessing the effects of leadership dispersal the book argues that understanding how policies are shaped in a democracy requires balancing the usual person-centred approach with one that is more contextual institutional and relational. The public leadership role of people in business the media non-governmental organizations bureaucracy law showbusiness and many other areas are instructively investigated to enhance our appreciation of the complexity of democratic political systems and to allow us to assess the effects both good and ill of democratic leadership dispersal.