Presidential Character - Predicting Performance in the White House

Foreword by George C. Edwards, III, Texas A&M University   I. PREDICTING PRESIDENTS.  1. Presidential Character and How to Foresee It. II. THE CONTRADICTIONS OF POWER.  2. Three Tragic Tales.  3. The Active-Negative Presidents.  4. The Origins of Presidential Compulsion.  5. Richard Nixon: Winning Tragedy. III. OF LOVE AND POLITICAL DUTY.  6. The Passive-Negative Presidents.  7. The Passive-Positive Presidents.  8. Reagan Wrecks Reality. IV. CONGRUENCE IN CHARACTER.  9. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Active-Positive Affection. 10 Harry S. Truman and Active-Positive Combat. 11. John F. Kennedy and Active-Positive Commitment. 12. The Crucial Ford Transition. V. BEYOND CHARACTER. 13. President Carter and Negotiation. 14. President Bush and Worldview. VI. THE THEORY OF PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. 15. Adding It Up.

Product details

• Authors: James D. Barber, James David Barber
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780205652594
• ISBN: 978-0-205-65259-4
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: Longman Classics in Political
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas