Political leadership for the new century
Subtitle: personality and behavior among American leaders
By: edited by Linda O. Valenty and Ofer Feldman
Contributors: Valenty, Linda O; Feldman, Ofer, 1954-
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Personality and politics -- United States; Personality and occupation -- United States; Political leadership -- United States -- Psychological aspects; Political psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index
Table of contents: title: The qualitative study of presidential personality / Fred I. Greenstein; title: Political leadership: some methodological considerations / Betty Glad; title: Motivation and political leadership / David Winter; title: U.S. presidents as conflict managers: the operational codes of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton / Mark Schafer, Michael D. Young, and Stephen G. Walker; title: Motive imagery and integrative complexity: Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, and the Northern Ireland peace talks / Linda O. Valenty and Mary E. Carroll; title: The political personality of U.S. president George W. Bush / Aubrey Immelman; title: Assessments of America's chief executives: insights from biographers and objective personality measures / Steven J. Rubenzer, Thomas R. Faschingbauer, and Deniz S. Ones; title: Studying images and their impact on behavior: the case of the Carter Administration / Jerel Rosati; title: John F. Kennedy as dramatic leader / Robert E. Gilbert; title: Cloak and swagger: personality and leadership in the vice presidency of Spiro T. Agnew / Scott W. Webster; title: Governing a divided America in the new millennium: heroic versus reflective leadership / Stanley A. Renshon