The values of presidential leadership
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The values of presidential leadership
(Jepson studies in leadership)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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
Table of 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
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