Presidential leadership in the Americas since independence / / Guy Burton and Ted Goertzel

• Autore: Burton Guy
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.23/6097
• Soggetto topico: Executive power - Latin America - History; Executive power - United States - History; Political leadership - Latin America - History; Political leadership - United States - History; Presidents - Latin America - History; Presidents - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Politics and government; United States Politics and government
• Persona (resp. second.): GoertzelTed George
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Presidential leadership in the Americas since independence
• ISBN: 1-4985-2657-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823935403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II