Charismatic Bond Political Behavior in Time of Crisis [Paperback]

In their study of the evolution, institutionalization, and eventual fragmentation of Peronism in Argentina, Madsen and Snow focus scholarly attention on precisely the issues that most interested Weber himself...This compact and cogent book manages to clarify many points in Weber's original treatment, and makes a compelling argument about the nature and development of Peronism.Here is a book that takes up where Max Weber left off in his study of charisma and extends the theory with insights from other disciplines and new empirical data. Madsen and Snow demonstrate that magnetic personalities must have willing followers, finding support for their argument in the rise of Juan Per?n and the Peronistas in Argentina.