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This book provides an instructional resource that helps executive administrators and public administration instructors to develop potential leaders while also showing those candidates methods that they must employ to be effective. It looks at research summaries containing both quantitative and qualitative evidence in support of collaborative leadership. It also proposes human resource strategies for identifying, developing, and rewarding collaborative leaders.
The main objective of this three volumes Encyclopaedic work is to present a historical development and critical analysis of 150 sociological theories from its inception to post-modernity. Sociological theory is a mixture of conceptual efforts, some devoted to developing scientific principles and models, others to describing empirical events, still others dedicated to criticism of oppressive social arrangements, and many directed to meta-analysis of theories and ...
The intention of this book is to offer the theoretical interpretation of social leadership contributed by noted social psychologist. In this volume social leadership are considered as determining the social behaviour of individuals qua representatives of social groups. Theory of Social leadership has offered a rival approach to that of the pre-existing theory of attitude, but in their current formulations, both have become rigid and self-limiting in their scope ...
Habermas is regarded as one of the most important contemporary figures in the Frankfurt School of neo-Marxisist critical sociology. His ideas are used not only to explore philosophical and theoretical issues, but also in analytical studies o communications and media in society, and the sociology of law and politics. His synthesized thinking makes him one of the most influential and often quoted contemporary social theorists and philosophers. It is hope that this ...
Lenski's Theory of evolutionary sociology is very much influenced by the contemporary theory of sociology and anthropology which successfully integrates and synthesizes a variety of theoretical perspectives. In his theoretical analysis, he has raised the important questions e.g., What are the differences and similarities between social and biological evolution? What are the roots of the two perspectives? What is a 'class system'? What are the two 'laws' of ...
The main objective of this three volumes encyclopaedia work is to present a historical development and critical analysis of 150 sociological theory is a mixture of conceptual efforts, some devoted to developing scientific principles and models, others to describing empirical events, still others dedicated to criticism of oppressive social arrangements, and many directed to meta-analysis of theories and theorists. The idea of bringing out this encyclopaedia of ...
The book is critical examination of life and philosophy of Foucault who is mostly remembered for his theory of power and his analysis of disciplinary society. It covers genealogical histories (the human sciences, madness, the penal system, bio-politics and sexuality) and methodical reflections (on structuralism, archaeology heterotopio). Foucault identifies three axis as being constitutive of subject: knowledge, power and ethics and places a special ...
In this book, author have consistently discussed and explained the influence of religion in political development from divine power to public power. It is no doubt that religion has given our society much of its character and coherence, permeating human behaviour in various ways either directly or indirectly. It is undividable that the rise of modern political system was strongly influenced by the Jewish Christian Religious Heritage. Despite the great ...
The main objective of this book is to describe the design, mechanisms, and effects of different electoral systems on national, regional and supranational levels. This study identifies, describes and classifies 12 distinct electoral systems and discusses its relationship with the larger institutional framework as well as its impact on administrative issues and it highlights in particular issues relating to the process of electoral system change. In addition, ...