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Presidential Character James David Barber

Presidential Character By James David Barber

Presidential Character by James David Barber

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Incorporating U.S. presidents from Taft to Bush, this volume uses research-based political psychology, history, and biography to provide a means of determining the performance of candidates as president.

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Presidential Character: Predicting Performance In The White House by James David Barber

"The Presidential Character" unifies political psychology, history, and biography to help readers understand the complex factors that influence our vote. In addition, the author includes predictions actually written and published before Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush ever served and presents an analysis of how predictions work.

Table of Contents

I. PREDICTING PRESIDENTS.

1. Presidential Character and How to Foresee It.

II. THE CONTRADICTIONS OF POWER.

2. Three Tragic Tales.
3. The Active-Negative Presidents.
4. The Origins of Presidential Compulsion.
5. Richard Nixon: Winning Tragedy.

III. OF LOVE AND POLITICAL DUTY.

6. The Passive-Negative Presidents.
7. The Passive-Positive Presidents.
8. Reagan Wrecks Reality.

IV. CONGRUENCE IN CHARACTER.

9. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Active-Positive Affection.
10 Harry S. Truman and Active-Positive Combat.
11. John F. Kennedy and Active-Positive Commitment.
12. The Crucial Ford Transition.

V. BEYOND CHARACTER.

13. President Carter and Negotiation.
14. President Bush and Worldview.

VI. THE THEORY OF PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.

15. Adding It Up.

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CIN013718123XG
9780137181230
013718123X
Presidential Character: Predicting Performance In The White House by James David Barber
James David Barber
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
1992-01-14
544
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