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The Strategic President : Persuasion and Opportunity in Presidential Leadership /

How do presidents lead? If presidential power is the power to persuade, why is there a lack of evidence of presidential persuasion? George Edwards, one of the leading scholars of the American presidency, skillfully uses this contradiction as a springboard to examine--and ultimately challenge--the do...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Edwards, George C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1. Power as Persuasion
  • CHAPTER 2. Leading the Public: Best Test Cases
  • CHAPTER 3. Leading the Public: Exploiting Existing Opinion
  • CHAPTER 4. Leading Congress: Best Test Cases
  • CHAPTER 5. Leading Congress: Less Favorable Contexts
  • CHAPTER 6. Reassessing Leadership
  • Notes
  • Index