The values of presidential leadership
Contributors address aspects of presidential leadership in essays on how presidential values are determined or constructed, how they are condoned and criticized, how they are packaged and conveyed, and how they are interpreted and acted upon. Includes scholars from communication, history, law, philo...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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Jepson studies in leadership
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230609334 |
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Contributors address aspects of presidential leadership in essays on how presidential values are determined or constructed, how they are condoned and criticized, how they are packaged and conveyed, and how they are interpreted and acted upon. Includes scholars from communication, history, law, philosophy, political science, and psychology. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781403983954, 2007. |
Carrier Form: | 256 p. |
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9781403983954 9780230609334 : 0230609333 : |
CLC: | D771.23 |
Contents: | Introduction - Terry L. Price, J. Thomas Wren * PART I: GOD AND COUNTRY * Lincoln, Religion, and Presidential Leadership - Michael Nelson * Patriotic Leadership - A. John Simmons * PART II: COMMUNICATING VALUES * Rhetorical Leadership and the Presidency: A Situational Taxonomy - Martin Medhurst * Changing Their Minds? The Limits of Presidential Persuasion - George C. Edwards III * PART III: COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP * A Tale of Two Bushes: Standing Alone vs. Standing Together - James MacGregor Burns * Presidential Leadership and Advice about Going to War - James P. Pfiffner * PART IV: PRESIDENTIAL WRONGDOING * Grant 'Blinked': Appraising Presidential Leadership - George R. Goethals and Matthew B. Kugler * Should Presidents Obey the Law? (And What's 'The Law' Anyway?) - Frederick Schauer * Presidential Dirty Hands - Judith Lichtenberg * Conclusion - J. Thomas Wren, Terry L. Price. |