Charismatic Leadership and Social Movements: The Revolutionary Power of Ordinary Men and Women Stutje Jan Willem
This is an interesting and stimulating collection of articles which, taken together, cover both conceptional/theoretical and empirical aspects of the role and features of charisma in general, and…
Specifikacia Charismatic Leadership and Social Movements: The Revolutionary Power of Ordinary Men and Women Stutje Jan Willem
This is an interesting and stimulating collection of articles which, taken together, cover both conceptional/theoretical and empirical aspects of the role and features of charisma in general, and charisma in social movements in particular. The range of case studies is impressive. - Dieter Rucht, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin f r Sozialwissenschaft (WZB)Much of the writing on charisma focuses on specific traits associated with exceptional leaders, a practice that has broadened the concept of charisma to such an extent that it loses its distinctiveness-and therefore its utility. More particularly, the concept's relevance to the study of social movements has not moved beyond generalizations. The contributors to this volume renew the debate on charismatic leadership from a historical perspective and seek to illuminate the concept's relevance to the study of social