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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780255403321

Titolo

Political leadership for the new century [[electronic resource] ] : personality and behavior among American leaders / / edited by Linda O. Valenty and Ofer Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002

ISBN

1-280-31505-9

9786610315055

0-313-01063-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ValentyLinda O

FeldmanOfer <1954->

Disciplina

352.23/6/0973

Soggetti

Personality and politics - United States

Personality and occupation - United States

Political leadership - United States - Psychological aspects

Political psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables, Figures, and Appendixes; Preface; Introduction Linda O. Valenty and Ofer Feldman; Part I Overview: Assessing Personality and Behavior Among American Leaders; Chapter 1 The Qualitative Study of Presidential Personality Fred I. Greenstein; Chapter 2 Political Leadership: Some Methodological Considerations Betty Glad; Chapter 3 Motivation and Political Leadership David G. Winter; Part II Quantitative Analysis: Contributions to the Study of Personality and Behavior

Chapter 4 U. S. Presidents as Conflict Managers: The Operational Codes of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton Mark Schafer, Michael D. Young, and Stephen G. WalkerChapter 5 Motive Imagery and Integrative Complexity: Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, and the Northern Ireland Peace Talks Linda O. Valenty and Mary E. Carroll; Chapter 6 The Political Personality of U. S. President George W. Bush Aubrey Immelman; Chapter 7 Assessments of America's Chief Executives: Insights from Biographers and Objective Personality Measures Steven J. Rubenzer, Thomas R. Faschingbauer, and Deniz S. Ones



Part III Qualitative Analysis: Contributions to the Study of Personality and BehaviorChapter 8 Studying Images and Their Impact on Behavior: The Case of the Carter Administration Jerel Rosati; Chapter 9 John F. Kennedy as Dramatic Leader Robert E. Gilbert; Chapter 10 Cloak and Swagger: Personality and Leadership in the Vice Presidency of Spiro T. Agnew Scott W. Webster; Chapter 11 Governing a Divided America in the New Millennium: Heroic versus Reflective Leadership Stanley A. Renshon; References; Index; About the Editors and Contributors