Aldine Transaction, Date: 2006-05-31. Paperback. Like New. 0.7100 8.9000 5.9800. 2006. Aldine Transaction ISBN 0202308677 9780202308678 [US]

Aldine Transaction, Date: 2006-05-31. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. 2006. Aldine Transaction ISBN 0202308677 9780202308678 [US]

New. Radio, television and the press form the vast stage on which the public dramas of our time are played to a responsive audience of millions- the peoples of our nation and of the world. Almost anyone can steal the scene and become a public hero, a favorite villain or a lamented victim. How do these persons-the symbolic leaders-emerge? Who are they? How does the climate of public opinion affect the would-be leader? How does the public use its leaders?This book discusses how symbolic leaders emerge, how unknown people become symbolic and it analyzes the kinds of encounters that are likely to make individuals either "heroes," "villains," or "fools." The book portrays the ups-and-downs of public images, as well as crises and role reversals, in which parties may swap roles without meaning to. The book concludes with a final chapter, which deals with the concept of public drama and its implications for change as well as its instability in modern society.Symbolic Leaders is a probing and provocative analysis of the process of public drama and of the actors, who play the leading roles, discussed in terms of their significance for the structures of our rapidly changing society and illustrated by vivid case histories. Professor Klapp's lively style makes this work an eminently readable sociological study. The social scientist will find in it a challenging and original theory of social organization, which suggests ...

AldineTransaction, Date: 2006. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. 2006. AldineTransaction ISBN 0202308677 9780202308678 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. Discusses how symbolic leaders emerge, how unknown people become symbolic. This book portrays the ups-and-downs of public images, as well as crises and role reversals, in which parties may swap roles without meaning to. It analyzes the kinds of encounters that are likely to make individuals either "heroes," "villains," or "fools." ISBN 0202308677 9780202308678 [GB]

AldineTransaction, Date: 2006. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. 2006. AldineTransaction ISBN 0202308677 9780202308678 [GB]

AldineTransaction 2006 Softcover New 272 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.

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