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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953855903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798400698125

9786610315055

9781280315053

1280315059

9780313010637

0313010633

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

Sommario/riassunto

Valenty, Feldman, and their contributors challenge the current state of political leadership studies by offering a variety of analytical methods from scholars around the world. While focused on American political leadership, the different approaches and vantage points offer fresh insights of the roles of cultural and political context, including the historical circumstance, environmental factors, and socialization agents that affect and shape American political leadership and performance. The highly unusual and valuable approach includes multidisciplinary perspectives with contributors from the fields of political science, political psychology, philosophy, sociology, and economics. Scholars, students, and researchers from a variety of disciplines will find the evaluations of the interaction between personality, leadership, decision making, and context invaluable.