The Municipal Machiavelli

Machiavelli's The Prince Rewritten for Municipal Politicians

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  • Chapters 1-7
    • 1: Home Town Kingdoms
    • 2: Why Incumbents Rule Municipalities
    • 3: Newcomers Versus Incumbents
    • 4: Flexing Your Muscles
    • 5: Troublesome Incumbents & Staff
    • 6: New Ideas Make Enemies
    • 7: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
  • Chapters 8-14
    • 8: Does the End Justify the Means?
    • 9: Problems Newcomers Face
    • 10: Defending Your Position
    • 11: Agencies You Can’t Control
    • 12: Crafty Consultants
    • 13: Dangerous Lobbyists
    • 14: Learn the Rules of War
  • Chapters 15-21
    • 15: Looking Good, Acting Bad
    • 16: Parsimony Beats Generosity
    • 17: Better to be Feared Than Loved
    • 18: The Subtle Art of Lying
    • 19: All You Need Isn’t Love
    • 20: Factions & Fortresses
    • 21: Saving Your Reputation
  • Chapters 22-26
    • 22: Loyal Staff & Wise Advisors
    • 23: Avoid Flatterers & Sycophants
    • 24: How Not to be Re-Elected
    • 25: Skill Beats Luck Every Time
    • 26: The Forest and the Trees
  • Addenda
    • Opening & Dedication
    • Introduction
    • Biography
    • About The Prince
    • Machiavelli’s Rules
    • Machiavellian Misquotes
    • Why Machiavelli Matters
    • Translating Machiavelli
    • Bibliography
  • Misc.
    • Demonizing Machiavelli
    • The Art of War
    • The Ten Faults
    • Quotes from Machiavelli
    • Other Quotes
    • Letter to Francesco Vettori

Chapters 22-26

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  • Chapter 22: Loyal Staff & Wise Advisors
  • Chapter 23: Avoid Flatterers & Sycophants
  • Chapter 24: How Not to be Re-Elected
  • Chapter 25: Skill Beats Luck Every Time
  • Chapter 26: The Forest and the Trees

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  • Addenda

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Chapters

  • Opening Quotes & Dedication
  • Introduction
  • 1: Home Town Kingdoms
  • 2: Why Incumbents Rule Municipalities
  • 3: Newcomers Versus Incumbents
  • 4: Flexing Your Muscles
  • 5: Troublesome Incumbents & Staff
  • 6: New Ideas Make Enemies
  • 7: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
  • 8: Does the End Justify the Means?
  • 9: Problems Newcomers Face
  • 10: Defending Your Position
  • 11: Agencies You Can’t Control
  • 12: Crafty Consultants
  • 13: Dangerous Lobbyists
  • 14: Learn the Rules of War
  • 15: Looking Good, Acting Bad
  • 16: Parsimony Beats Generosity
  • 17: Better to be Feared Than Loved
  • 18: The Subtle Art of Lying
  • 19: All You Need Isn’t Love
  • 20: Factions & Fortresses
  • 21: Saving Your Reputation
  • 22: Loyal Staff & Wise Advisors
  • 23: Avoid Flatterers & Sycophants
  • 24: How Not to be Re-Elected
  • 25: Skill Beats Luck Every Time
  • 26: The Forest and the Trees

Addenda

  • A Brief Biography
  • About The Prince
  • Demonizing Machiavelli
  • Why Machiavelli Matters
  • Machiavelli’s Rules
  • Machiavellian Misquotes
  • Translating Machiavelli
  • Machiavelli’s The Art of War
  • The Ten Faults
  • Quotes from Machiavelli
  • Other Quotes
  • Letter to Francesco Vettori
  • Bibliography & Sources

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Machiavelli and Savonarola

There is no evidence that Niccolo Machiavelli ever met the charismatic Dominican friar and fiery preacher, Girolamo Savonarola, but we know he attended at least one of the friar’s sermons. In a letter to Ricciardo Bechi, dated March 9, 1498, Machiavelli described his experience. He was not impressed. He wrote that, in his judgement, Savonarola [...]

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About The Prince

Il Principe, or The Prince, is a short book of 26 chapters, and roughly 30,000 words. Most modern editions are fewer than 100 pages, including an introduction and perhaps a glossary. It’s elegantly written, although the author used run-on sentences a lot. Newer editions break up those long pieces into more digestible portions.

It was written [...]

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Machiavelli’s The Art of War

Machiavelli wrote these maxims of military strategy in Book VII of his work, The Art of War. Many of these are relevant to the lessons he gave in The Prince. For Machiavelli, the strategies of war were an inextricably integral part of politics. It wasn’t just about the clash of armies, but rather the clash [...]

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Chapter 9: Problems Newcomers Face

Perhaps even more relevant to municipal politicians who are elected to their role than his comments on hereditary states, Machiavelli also wrote about republican states where a ruler was appointed from among the populace,

“…by the favour of his fellow citizens, not by wickedness or force, this may be called a civil principality.”

Machiavelli titled this Chapter IX: Concerning a [...]

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Chapter 1: Home Town Kingdoms

In Chapter I: How Many Kinds of Principalities There Are, and by What Means They Are Acquired, Machiavelli opened The Prince with a brief description of two types of states common in his contemporary Italy:

“All states, all powers… are either republics or principalities.”

In his day, almost every state in Europe was a hereditary entity under the [...]

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“That everything is fine today, that is our illusion.” — Voltaire, On the Disaster at Lisbon

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