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How to Choose A Leader: Machiavelli's Advice to Citizens (Hardbound - 2016)

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Twenty essential tips for picking great leaders from the father of modern politics

One of the greatest political advisers of all time, Niccol Machiavelli thought long and hard about how citizens could identify great leaders--ones capable of defending and enhancing the liberty, honor, and prosperity of their countries. Drawing on the full range of the Florentine's writings, acclaimed Machiavelli biographer Maurizio Viroli gathers and interprets Machiavelli's timeless wisdom about choosing leaders. The brief and engaging result is a new kind of Prince--one addressed to citizens rather than rulers and designed to make you a better voter.

Demolishing popular misconceptions that Machiavelli is a cynical realist, the book shows that he believes republics can't survive, let alone thrive, without leaders who are virtuous as well as effective. Among much other valuable advice, Machiavelli says that voters should pick leaders who put the common good above narrower interests and who make fighting corruption a priority, and he explains why the best way to recognize true leaders is to carefully examine their past actions and words. On display throughout are the special insights that Machiavelli gained from long, direct knowledge of real political life, the study of history, and reflection on the political thinkers of antiquity.

Recognizing the difference between great and mediocre political leaders is difficult but not at all impossible--with Machiavelli's help. So do your country a favor. Read this book, then vote like Machiavelli would.

-- "Choice"
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ISBN139780691170145
Product NameHow to Choose A Leader: Machiavelli's Advice to Citizens (Hardbound - 2016)
Price₹1,451.00
Original PriceUSD 16.95
AuthorMaurizio Viroli
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication Year2016
SubjectPolitics and Current Affairs
BindingHardbound
LanguageEnglish
Pages144
Weight0.227000
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