The Charismatic Bond: Political Behavior in Time of Crisis - Couverture rigide

Madsen, Douglas; Snow, Peter G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674109872 ISBN 13 : 9780674109872

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book takes up where Max Weber left off in his study of charisma, and extends and rounds off the theory with insights from other disciplines and new empirical data. Tying Weber's argument about the consequences of societal breakdown to contemporary psychological theorizing on self-efficacy, Douglas Madsen and Peter Snow demonstrate that magnetic personalities must have willing followers. Self-efficacy theory is used to explain the formation of the charismatic bond. The authors point out that at a societal level, the failure of an economic or political system can bring on the collapse of popular self-efficacy. Personal worlds are dashed; fundamental assumptions are undermined; understanding is lost. But with the appearance of a leader and the establishment of the charismatic bond, the mass following regains a sense of hope and efficacy. Madsen and Snow find empirical support for their argument in the rise of Juan Peron and the Peronistas in Argentina. They define the broad political, economic and mass-psychological contexts in which Peron went from political functionary to heroic leader and shows a clear shift in his followers over the course of 20 years from those loyal to the person to those loyal to the organization.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Takes up where Max Weber left off in his study of charisma and extends the theory with insights from other disciplines and empirical data. This text demonstrates that personalities must have willing followers, and finds support for its argument in the rise of Juan Peron in Argentina.

Biographie de l'auteur

Douglas Madsen is Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674109872
• ISBN 13: 9780674109872
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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