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 Perón and the Peronistas in Argentina.

Douglas Madsen is Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa.

Peter G. Snow is Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa.