Abstract
Abstract Modern leaders benefit both from the power of the state as a likely instrument of their will and from crises that cast doubt on the ability of government or other political agencies to respond to social demands and interests. A strong leader can expose the weakness of a state and the latent power of a particular social reform or political constituency, or employ state power to recast society through reform or revolution from above. Alternatively, a political leader may contribute to both state power and social upheaval and so drive state and society towards higher levels of influence and mobilization. In this latter process, at certain moments of political and social conjuncture leaders may seem to take possession not only of a regime or a movement, but also of an entire country and era.
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