Image Is Everything Presidency - Dilemmas in American Leadership

This book provides an examination of the image-is-everything presidency, analyzing different historical images over time to demonstrate that the American presidency has always been associated with images.

List of contents

Preface -- Public Expectations and Presidential Image -- Historical Images -- Personal Images -- The Constant Campaign -- Speaking More, Saying Less: The Pattern of Presidential Speechmaking -- Presidential Image and the Media -- Where Do We Go from Here? -- Discussion Questions

About the author

Richard W. Waterman is professor of political science at the University of Kentucky. He is co-author of The Image is Everything Presidency and Bureaucratic Dynamics .

Summary

This book provides an examination of the image-is-everything presidency, analyzing different historical images over time to demonstrate that the American presidency has always been associated with images.

Product details

• Authors: Gilbert K St Clair, Gilbert K St. Clair, St. Gilbert Clair, Gilbert St Clair, Gilbert St. Clair, Gilbert K. St.Clair, Waterman, Richard Waterman, Richard W Waterman, Richard W. Waterman, Richard W. St.clair Waterman, Waterman Richard W., Robert Wright
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.1999
• EAN: 9780813368924
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-6892-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Dilemmas in American Politics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Development Studies, Central / national / federal government, Central government