The Charismatic Bond: Political Behavior In Time Of Crisis

'This book offers stimulating ideas and intriguing methods for examining phenomena that are sometimes easier to describe than to explain, that are well rooted in Latin America's political tradition, and that seem certain to reappear in the future.' -Richard Walter, Hispanic American Historical Review

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 Peron and the Peronistas in Argentina.