A non machiavellian and a machiavellian leader examples?

Question

I need help for an essay topid finding mach and non-mach leaders...mosre likely focused on the less well-known leaders other than the obvious (ghandi, hitler...) yeah i need he example to be of the same "sort" like a non-mach governer and a mach governer....oh not the mention i perfer more MODERN day examples if thats not a problem..really hope someone can help me...i've searched for days but im probably not searching up the right things...I REALLY THANK YOU if you could help me out!!!

Answer 1

Here's two guys who were contemporaries: Stalin and FDR.  Stalin had a cult of personality going for him.  People adored him while their fellow citizens disappeared or starved to death in secret.  FDR was his opposite.  He presented a weakened figure of a man who took the time to explain decisions he made in fireside chats and created policies to get the economy back on its feet, not regulate market prices.  I left out Churchill because he is more problematic since he was in Constitutional Monarchy.  I also didn't even want to get into Hitler because, like it or not, he's actually quite difficult to define.

It may be easier to write an essay about two leaders who were around at the same time.  Its makes the comparison a little easier and less abstract.  Also, doing two leaders from different time periods can always be refuted as having no relation to each other.

Answer 2

So, since we are talking about Machiavelli, I assume this is about the idea of whether it is better to be feared or loved by your people.  There are the obvious leaders, pretty much any militaristic dictator would be considered Machiavellian, so your Stalins, Hitlers, Hussiens, etc.  And your non-Machiavellians would be those more based on traditional democratic models, so ones like Kofi Annan, Ghandi, most US presidents would fit the bill.  You are looking for someone that is less well known?

Try looking at Polpot in Cambodia (the killing fields) for a good Mach.  Also, try Bill Clinton as a non-Mach.  Who else in the world was more concerned with popularity and opinion polls?  Which would lead to the assumption that he cared about what people thought more than them fearing him.

If you are looking for very Modern day examples of Mach, try Senior General Than Shwe from Burma.  He has had all kinds of press lately trying to squash the monks.

Answer 3

For Machiavellian leaders, I would check Asia area. Either Mao Zedong- Chinese leader of communist revolt (1949ish) through the 70's when he died.  He ruled with the idea of continuous revolution. Check the Tienanmen Square Massacre also, I can't remember who the leader was, but the way that the situation was handled was very Machiavellian.

One more Machiavellian example might be Kim Jung Ill- current leader of North Korea.  People in his country are living in poverty and admire the "great leader" as they refer to him.  

To optimize what it means to be a non- Machiavellian leader is more difficult to nail down in modern examples. Perhaps look at the Dahli Lama as the leader of Tibet, or also Nelson Mendella.

These should hopefully be good starting points. I'd check wikipedia for a quick and easy summary to see which ones would fit your model for the paper better then do more indepth research after that.