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Reckless Opportunists

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Reckless Opportunists

By Aeron Davis

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About the book

Aeron Davis takes a close look at the state of elites today. He argues that the Brexit vote and 2017 election outcome are signs of a deeper leadership crisis that has been developing over decades. The great transformations of the 1980s onwards have not only upended societies, they have reshaped elite rule itself. Too many leaders today, regardless of intent, are ignorant, precarious, rootless and self-serving. Although richer, they have lost coherence, influence and control. Increasingly, they a...Show more

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9781526127280

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Manchester University Press

Published year

2018

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