Effective Presidency: Lessons on Leadership from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama

ISBN-13: 9781612054346 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 311 str.

Erwin C. Hargrove

Opis

The second edition of this classic work adds a new chapter on Barack Obama and updates coverage of the end of the George W. Bush administration. Presidential scholar Erwin C. Hargrove extends his analytical framework of presidential effectiveness to show how Obama combines eventful leadership with pragmatism to move the nation forward in an intensely polarized partisan environment.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Effective President

Chapter 1: John F. Kennedy: A Cautious Reformer

Chapter 2: Lyndon B. Johnson: A Force of Nature

Chapter 3: Richard M. Nixon: A Tragic Hero?

Chapter 4: Gerald R. Ford: A Good Man

Chapter 5: Jimmy Carter: The Engineer President

Chapter 6: Ronald Reagan: A Romantic with Vision

Chapter 7: George H. W. Bush: The Patrician

Chapter 8: Bill Clinton: The Politician

Chapter 9: George W. Bush: The Risk Taker

Chapter 10: Barack Obama: Transformational or Transactional Leader?

Conclusion: Presidential Leadership Revisited

O autorze

Erwin C. Hargrove is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Vanderbilt University and winner of the prestigious Richard E. Neustadt Award. Among his books are The President as Leader: Appealing to the Better Angels of Our Nature (University Press of Kansas 1999), Presidential Leadership: Personality and Political Style (Addison-Wesley 1966), The Power of the Modern Presidency (Temple University Press 1974), and Jimmy Carter as President: Leadership and the Politics of the Public Good (Louisiana State University Press 1988).