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François Vergniolle De Chantal
Leadership and Uncertainty Management in Politics
Through a range of international case studies from the USA, UK, France, Germany and Italy, this engaging new text examines political leadership and considers the rise in the Executive powers of Western democracies in the last few decades.Unlike earlier assessments of the subject, which have emphasized the importance of a unified force of followers rallying behind a public figure, this volume argues that leadership can also be understood as a risk-taking venture which takes advantage of uncertainty among voters.Assessing the conditions necessary for effective leadership, it emphasizes the part played by indecision and division amongst followers and shows that political leadership can be a ca…
Gagner la guerre des idées : Publius et la nature du républicanisme
This text deals with the specificities of Publius rationale under both the time and the electoral constraints of the ratification debates. Far from being concerned with idle intellectual speculation, the authors of the Federalist Papers faced a political context that was so hostile to their views that the imperative for them was to create legitimacy for their proposal. Publius thus adjusted his views so that the new constitution would be constantly highlighted as an “elective” system where the content of “republicanism” was both altered and improved. His innovative ideas have nonetheless a limit in that they take the form of a “political recipe”—meant to answer specific objections. This for…
Dean Acheson, un architecte de la guerre froide
International audience; Présentation de Dean Acheson, homme politique américain : sa formation, sa position à l'entrée en guerre des Etats-Unis en 1941, son rôle aux côtés de Harry Truman dès 1945 dans la politique américaine, ses responsabiltés mondiales et son rôle dans la diplomatie américaine.