Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781315100074
,
9781351584999
Content:
Introduction: authority, egalitarianism and leadership -- Authority and legitimacy -- Charisma and authority -- Authority patterns in colonial New England -- The American dream -- Political clubs, parties, and radicalism -- The strange career of political sociology in America -- Liberalism and the democratic spirit -- Talent, wealth and power -- Success and leadership -- Class and authority in the Oval Office -- The Horatio Alger myth and the Supreme Court -- Life and death of the Protestant establishment -- Stress, crisis, and psycho-history -- Hindrances to good citizenship -- Legislating social and political mores -- Pacifism and utopian thought -- Authority versus conviction.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138296343
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138296350
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138296343
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315100074
