Emotional Governance
Subtitle: New Ideas on Media and Democratic Leadership
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780230008397
Subjects: Media studies; Political leaders & leadership; Political structures: democracy; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political; Political Process - General; Political Science / Practical Politics; Communication in politics; Mass media; Political psychology; Psychological aspects
Description: "This book argues that the development of political leadership as emotional management is essential to the defence of democracy against terror, boredom and demagogy. This lucid and original work combines recent studies of politics and the media with a psychological approach to the relationship between leaders and the public. It offers a model of a new style of leadership, based on the idea of 'emotional governance' - deliberate and sophisticated attention to the emotional dynamics of the public. The model is explored in a detailed study of public emotion around terrorism, but has application in all fields of politics. It is also key to the general task of engaging with electorates, often seen today as indifferent to politics yet still as vulnerable to manipulation."--BOOK JACKET.