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Tag: despots

Posted inEastern Europe & Russia, Regions

STRONGMEN, WEAK STATES: New Styles of Leadership

by Transitions 23 Aug 1996

23 August 1996 THE IMPULSE TO RULE MAY NOT BE AS universal or as behavioristically rooted as other forms of lust, but it has hardly been rare at any time or in any region. As with art and architecture, different epochs engender different styles in leadership and the exercise of power. New generations of political […]

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