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Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence - Guy Burton, Ted Goertzel

Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence

Buch | Softcover
292 Seiten
2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-2658-6 (ISBN)
CHF 67,95 inkl. MwSt
Using a comparative history approach, this book analyzes presidents and their ability to change their polities, societies, and economies across four periods: during and after independence; during national consolidation in the 19th century; the expansion of the state in the 20th century; and the turn to neoliberal globalization since the 1980s.
What is presidential leadership and why have some presidents been considered “great” – or rather “transformational” – 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 “transformational” 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.

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.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Presidential Leadership
Chapter 2: Identifying the Outstanding Leaders of the Americas
Chapter 3: Historical Eras and Political Regimes in Eight American Republics
Chapter 4: Leadership in the Wars of Independence and their Aftermath
Chapter 5: Presidential Leadership and National Consolidation
Chapter 6: Presidential Leadership in the Era of State Development
Chapter 7: Presidential Leadership in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization
Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Transformational Presidents of the Americas
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 7 Tables
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 221 mm
Gewicht 440 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 1-4985-2658-6 / 1498526586
ISBN-13 978-1-4985-2658-6 / 9781498526586
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