Democracy and Leadership

Eric Thomas Weber is associate professor of public policy leadership at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of Rawls, Dewey, and Constructivism and Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy.

Weber is direct and interesting.... Weber demonstrates critical and creative thinking skills when detailing solutions to public problems such as the controversial presence of sex education and corporal punishment in public schools, and the challenge of respecting free speech while confronting the prospects of a KKK rally at the University of Mississippi.... Weber’s book is useful and even inspiring, and the weight of common opinion should incline in favor of this work.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I The Nature of Leadership and the Democratic TurnChapter 1 Leadership, Old and New: Aims and DefinitionsChapter 2 Lessons from PlatoChapter 3 Dewey on Democratic LeadershipChapter 4 Democratic Political LeadershipPart II Intellectual, Moral, and Cultural Challenges for Leadership Chapter 5 Wisdom in Pragmatic HumanismChapter 6 How Is Leadership Learned?Chapter 7 Democratic Leadership, East and WestChapter 8 Ethics and Justice for Democratic LeadershipPart III A Test for Democratic LeadershipChapter 9 Democracy and Leadership in MississippiChapter 10 ConclusionAppendixes