Inventing the Job of President : Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson /

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The author analyzes our first seven leaders' strengths and weaknesses in public communication, organizational capacity, political skill, policy vision, cognitive style, and emotional intelligence. Their similarities and differences support his central thesis that, at any given time, it matters...

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Main Author: Greenstein, Fred I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
USA > President
Presidenten.
Politieke leiding.
Politische Führung
Presidents.
Politics and government
Political leadership.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Presidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Presidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Political leadership > United States > Case studies.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > History > 19th century.
Presidents > United States > History > 18th century.
Verenigde Staten.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1783-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
Biographies.
History.
Case studies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The presidential difference in the early republic
  • The foundational presidency of George Washington
  • John Adams : absentee chief executive
  • Thomas Jefferson and the art of governance
  • The anticlimactic presidency of James Madison
  • The political competence of James Monroe
  • The political incompetence of John Quincy Adams
  • Andrew Jackson : force of nature
  • Presidents, leadership qualities, and political development.

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