Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence (eBook)

Guy Burton, Ted Goertzel (Autoren)

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2016
292 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-2657-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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What is presidential leadership and why have some presidents been considered "e;great"e; - or rather "e;transformational"e; - while others are not? What are the drivers which distinguish these presidents from the rest?Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence answers these questions through a systematic study of leadership across the Americas over 200 years, from independence to the present day. Having surveyed who the most cited presidents are in the Americas, Guy Burton and Ted Goertzel examine the experience of presidents from across the western hemisphere: the US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. They study the relationship between these men and women's actions within the constraints they faced during four political periods: independence, national consolidation during the nineteenth century, state-building from the late nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries and neoliberalism since the 1970s-80s.The most "e;transformational"e; presidents are found to be those who are not only able to innovate and build new political consensuses at a time of crisis, but also consolidate them so that the reforms becoming lasting - and extending beyond an individual president's own political (even biological) lifetime.

Autor

Guy Burton is assistant professor at the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai.Ted Goertzel is professor emeritus of sociology and criminal justice at Rutgers University.

Inhalt

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Making Sense of Presidential LeadershipChapter 2: Identifying the Outstanding Leaders of the AmericasChapter 3: Historical Eras and Political Regimes in Eight American RepublicsChapter 4: Leadership in the Wars of Independence and their AftermathChapter 5: Presidential Leadership and National ConsolidationChapter 6: Presidential Leadership in the Era of State DevelopmentChapter 7: Presidential Leadership in the Era of Neoliberal GlobalizationChapter 8: Conclusion: The Transformational Presidents of the AmericasAppendix AAppendix BBibliographyAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 7 Illustrations including: - 7 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Latin American Studies • Leadership • Political Science • President
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-2657-8 / 1498526578
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-2657-9 / 9781498526579