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International Journal of Public Leadership :Democratic leadership as a political weapon: competition between fictions and practices
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urpose – This article aims to analyze possible interpretations of democratic leadership by revealing the
implicit leadership theory (ILT) of a moral, a material and a political ideal of democracy, namely deliberative–
participatory democracy (DPD), aggregative–pluralist democracy (APD) and leader democracy (LD). As
special “filters,” ILT helps the author to organize and compare conflicting premises and assumptions
democratic theories hold about exemplary leadership and followership.
Design/methodology/approach – In order to reconstruct the possible meanings of ideal leadership
(challenges and political knowledge) and the ideal followership (power relations, interactions and roles)
portrayed by theories, the article sets a specific template for conceptual analysis.
Findings – The author argues that there is a contest over the meaning of democratic leadership. Political
leaders use leadership fictions as political weapons to mobilize possible followers, legitimize their actions and
discredit opponents. The article creates a heuristic typology providing a “plural” or nonessentialist reading of
actual political situations and democratic practices.
Originality/value – The literature usually aims to find an absolute moral understanding of leadership fitted
in democracy or to reconcile the idea of leadership with democracy. Extending J. Thomas Wren’s approach, this
article examines competing fictions of democratic leadership by blending leadership and democracy theories.
Rudolf Metz - Personal Name
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ENGLISH
EMERALD INSIGHT
2021
ENGLAND
ILMU PMERINTAHAN
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APA Citation
Rudolf Metz. (2021).International Journal of Public Leadership :Democratic leadership as a
political weapon: competition
between fictions and practices.(Electronic Thesis or Dissertation). Retrieved from https://localhost/etd