Description
Amateur Hour
Presidential Character and the Question of Leadership
Language: EnglishSubject for Amateur Hour:
Keywords
Contemporary Presidents; Secretary Of State; systemic reform; Leadership Approach; presidential elections; President’s Character; cultural reassessment; Presidential Leadership; president's leadership; Carnival Barker; FDR; Presidential Nomination Process; Nonstop; Trump’s Character; Presidential Case Studies; Approval Ratings; Net Approval; EOP; America’s Political System; Emancipation Proclamation; Operation Eagle Claw; ICBM Force; Nuclear Disarmament; George’s Father; British Camp; High Approval Ratings; VEP; Plebiscitarian Presidency; Electoral Vote Majority
Publication date: 08-2020
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 08-2020
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
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1. Leadership, Character, and Presidents 2. Presidential Nature and Historical Development 3.Two Greats: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln 4.The Ousted One-Termers: Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush 5.The Popular Two-Termers: Ronald Reagan and William J. Clinton 6.The Polarizing Two-Termers: George W. Bush and Barack Obama 7.The Problematic Presidency of a National Celebrity: Donald J. Trump 8.Performing the Presidency: Continuity and Change Bibliography
Lara M. Brown, Ph.D., is an associate professor and director of the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University. She is the author of Jockeying for the American Presidency: The Political Opportunism of Aspirants (2010), and co-editor of The Presidential Leadership Dilemma: Between the Constitution and a Political Party (2013) and Campaigning for President 2016: Strategy and Tactics (2017). She has published articles in Society, American Politics Research, Congress and the Presidency, Journal of Political Marketing, and Presidential Studies Quarterly.