Every four years, journalists propel a presidential campaign into the national consciousness. New candidates and issues become features of the political landscape while familiar rituals are reshaped by the unpredictability of personalities and events. Underlying this apparent process of change, however, is a recurrent cycle of political themes and social attitudes, a pulse of politics that locks the process of choosing a president into a predictable pattern. In this bold and brilliant examination of modern presidential politics, James David Barber reveals the dynamics of this cycle and shows...
Every four years, journalists propel a presidential campaign into the national consciousness. New candidates and issues become features of the politic...
James David Barber's research on leadership, particularly the phenomenon of the American presidency, has become legendary for both its insight and wit. "Politics by Humans" presents some of this most original and seminal products of his scholarship.
James David Barber's research on leadership, particularly the phenomenon of the American presidency, has become legendary for both its insight and wit...
