The Charismatic Bond: Political Behavior in Time of Crisis

By Douglas Madsen and Peter Snow

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674109872
• ISBN13: 9780674109872
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

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I have read dozens of books on political behavior, and have been disenchanted by most of them. This however was not the case with The Charismatic Bond. The story of Juan Peron itself is magnificent, but Madsen and Snow seem to help us understand the story of the people that made Peron legendary, as well as, circumstances that surrounded his rise and subsequent fall. Despite all of this you still must have a taste for politics to enjoy this book.