Political Leadership for the New Century Personality and Behavior Among American Leaders

Subjects:

• Political Science » American Politics/Government
• Political Science » Presidential Studies
• Psychology » Environmental Psychology

Reviews:

• Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.
  —Choice January 2003

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction by Linda O. Valenty and Ofer Feldman
• Overview: Assessing Personality and Behavior Among American Leaders
• The Qualitative Study of Presidential Personality by Fred I. Greenstein
• Political Leadership: Some Methodological Considerations by Betty Glad
• Motivation and Political Leadership by David G. Winter
• Quantitative Analysis: Contributions to the Study of Personality and Bahavior
• U.S. Presidents as Conflict Managers: The Operational Codes of George Bush and Bill Clinton by Mark Schafer, Michael D. Young, and Stephen G. Walker
• Motive Imagery and Integrative Complexity: Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, and The Northern Ireland Peace Talks by Linda O. Valenty and M. Betsy Carroll
• The Political Personality of U.S. Presidential Candidate George W. Bush by Aubrey Immelman
• Assessments of America's Chief Executives: Insights from Biographers and Objective Personality Measures by Steven J. Rubenzer, Thomas R. Faschingbauer, and Deniz S. One
• Qualitative Analysis: Contributions to the Study of Personality and Behavior
• Studying Images and Their Impact on Behavior: The Case of the Carter Administration by Jerel Rosati
• John F. Kennedy as Dramatic Leader by Robert E. Gilbert
• Cloak and Swagger: Personality and Leadership in the Vice-Presidency of Spiro T. Agnew by Scott W. Webster
• Governing a Divided America in the New Millennium: Heroic versus Reflective Leadership by Stanley A. Renshon
• References
• Index