02830nam 2200589 450 991082393540332120170924235242.01-4985-2657-8(CKB)3710000000861573(EBL)4689780(OCoLC)958864698(MiAaPQ)EBC4689780(EXLCZ)99371000000086157320160919h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPresidential leadership in the Americas since independence /Guy Burton and Ted GoertzelLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,[2016]©20161 online resource (293 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-2656-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Making sense of presidential leadership -- Identifying the outstanding leaders of the Americas -- Historical eras and political regimes in eight American republics -- Leadership in the wars of independence and their aftermath -- Presidential leadership and national consolidation -- Presidential leadership in the era of state development -- Presidential leadership in the era of neoliberal globalization -- Conclusion : the transformational presidents of the Americas.Using a comparative history approach, Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence analyzes the presidents and their ability to bring change to their polities, societies, and economies across four different periods: during and after independence; during national consolidation in the nineteenth century; the expansion of the state in the twentieth century; and the turn towards neoliberal globalization since the 1980s.Executive powerLatin AmericaHistoryExecutive powerUnited StatesHistoryPolitical leadershipLatin AmericaHistoryPolitical leadershipUnited StatesHistoryPresidentsLatin AmericaHistoryPresidentsUnited StatesHistoryLatin AmericaPolitics and governmentUnited StatesPolitics and governmentExecutive powerHistory.Executive powerHistory.Political leadershipHistory.Political leadershipHistory.PresidentsHistory.PresidentsHistory.352.23/6097Burton Guy1679472Goertzel Ted GeorgeMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823935403321Presidential leadership in the Americas since independence4118427UNINA