Presidential Character

Predicting Performance In The White House

James David Barber (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

544 Seiten

1992 | 4th edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-718123-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Incorporating U.S. presidents from Taft to Bush, this volume uses research-based political psychology, history, and biography to provide a means of determining the performance of candidates as president.

Inhalt

I. PREDICTING PRESIDENTS.

 1. Presidential Character and How to Foresee It.
II. THE CONTRADICTIONS OF POWER.

 2. Three Tragic Tales.
 3. The Active-Negative Presidents.
 4. The Origins of Presidential Compulsion.
 5. Richard Nixon: Winning Tragedy.
III. OF LOVE AND POLITICAL DUTY.

 6. The Passive-Negative Presidents.
 7. The Passive-Positive Presidents.
 8. Reagan Wrecks Reality.
IV. CONGRUENCE IN CHARACTER.

 9. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Active-Positive Affection.
10 Harry S. Truman and Active-Positive Combat.
11. John F. Kennedy and Active-Positive Commitment.
12. The Crucial Ford Transition.
V. BEYOND CHARACTER.

13. President Carter and Negotiation.
14. President Bush and Worldview.
VI. THE THEORY OF PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.

15. Adding It Up.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.1992
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 234 x 178 mm
• Gewicht: 848 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-13-718123-X / 013718123X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-718123-0 / 9780137181230
• Zustand: Neuware