The Prince 2.0: Applying Machiavellian Strategy to Contemporary Political Life

• Main Author: Caron, Jean-François (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia,
• Subjects: Comparative literature.; Russia-Politics and government.; Leadership.; Comparative Literature.; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

This Pivot updates the ideas of the famous political philosopher from the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli, for the 21st century, using case studies from the West and from Kazakhstan to demonstrate the utility of Machiavelli's ideas for contemporary political life. In truth, Machiavelli's...

Table of Contents:

• 1. On the Objectives of Governments : Preserving the Sovereignty Of the State
• 2. On the Objectives of Governments : Preventing Domestic Conflicts
• 3. On Human Nature and How to Control it
• 4. The Virtues of Political Required Leaders in Democratic Societies
• 5. The Necessity to Entrust Power to One Individual : To Save a Democracy and its Principles
• 6. The Necessity to Entrust Power to One Individual : to Create a New State
• 7. The Required Qualities of a Prince
• 8. How Princes Ought to Be Perceived
• 9. Why Princes are Becoming More Popular Today.