Greenstein Inventing the Job of President

Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3136-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Greenstein, Fred I.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Chapter 1: The Presidential Difference in the Early Republic 1

Chapter 2: The Foundational Presidency of George Washington 9

Chapter 3: John Adams: Absentee Chief Executive 25

Chapter 4: Thomas Jefferson and the Art of Governance 35

Chapter 5: The Anticlimactic Presidency of James Madison 51

Chapter 6: The Political Competence of James Monroe 63

Chapter 7: The Political Incompetence of John Quincy Adams 75

Chapter 8: Andrew Jackson: Force of Nature 85

Chapter 9: Presidents, Leadership Qualities, and Political Development 96

Appendix Background on the Early Presidencies 105

Notes 123

Further Reading 137

Acknowledgments 151

Index 153

Über Autor(innen)

Fred I. Greenstein is professor of politics emeritus at Princeton University. His books include The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader; How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965; and Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union: Leadership Style from Polk to Lincoln.