Presidential Character
Predicting Performance In The White House
4th Edition
Published on 1. October 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-13-718123-0 (ISBN)
Description
Incorporating U.S. presidents from Taft to Bush, this volume uses research-based political psychology, history, and biography to provide a means of determining the performance of candidates as president.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
848 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-718123-0 (9780137181230)
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James D. Barber
The Presidential Character
Predicting Performance in the White House (Longman Classics in Political Science), revised
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07/2008
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Barber
Presidential Character
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01/1985
3rd Edition
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Content
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.
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.