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THE PROFILE OF POLITICAL LEADERS IBD

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
06 / 2018
9783319805825
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Sinopsis

By analysing a wide range ofáempiricaláresearch into leadership, this book provides a composite portrait of frequent characteristics, such as personality and demeanour, that influence both the success andápopularityáof political leaders.áThrough the lenses of mass psychology and collective behaviour sociology, the author offers fascinating observations on political leadership which reveal a coherent pattern. In our choice of and support for leaders, we still seem to be guided by unconscious or instinctive preferences. Evolutionary psychologists have labelled this âÇÖCALPâÇÖ for âÇÖCognitive Ancestral Leadership PrototypeâÇÖ. Length, symmetry, face form, voice pitch, eye blinking and more turn out to play a role - even today - alongside personality and style. Each chapter of the book offers a case study to illustrate these observations, including BarackáObama, Ronald Reagan, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Boris Johnson. This book is accessibly written to appeal to students of politics,ápsychologyáand sociology, as well as the wider interested reader.á