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Presidential performance in the Progressive Era : leadership style from McKinley to Wilson

Title
Presidential performance in the Progressive Era : leadership style from McKinley to Wilson / Fred I. Greenstein and Dale Anderson.
Author
Greenstein, Fred I.
Publication
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2024]

Details

Additional Authors
Anderson, Dale, 1953-
Description
131 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Presidential Performance in the Progressive Era: Leadership Style from McKinley to Wilson continues Fred I. Greenstein's multivolume Presidential Difference Project. It follows Greenstein's matrix for evaluating presidential leadership: (1) public communication; (2) organizational capacity; (3) political skill and the extent to which it is harnessed to a (4) policy vision; (5) cognitive style; and (6) emotional intelligence. Here, these criteria are applied to the leadership styles of the four presidents of the Progressive Era: William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. The book begins by outlining Greenstein's matrix to assess presidential leadership style and providing an overview of the profound changes of and political challenges posed by the Progressive Era. Greenstein and coauthor Dale Anderson then examine each of the four presidents, first considering their lives and careers prior to the presidency to suggest influences on their character and leadership style. Next is a review of their performance as chief executive, highlighting key issues and policy decisions, and the discussion concludes with an analysis of their leadership according to the matrix. In the final chapter, the authors compare and contrast the four presidents as to each of the six criteria in the matrix"--
Series Statement
Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership
Uniform Title
Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership.
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Political leadership > United States > Case studies
  • Presidents > United States > History > 19th century
  • Presidents > United States > History > 20th century
  • Presidents > United States > Biography
  • Progressivism (United States politics)
  • Présidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle
  • Présidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
  • Progressisme > États-Unis
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
  • HISTORY / United States / General
  • Political leadership
  • Presidents
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Case studies
  • History
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Presidential Leadership in a Period of Turbulence and Change -- The Breakthrough Presidency of William McKinley -- The Assertive Leadership of Theodore Roosevelt -- The Indecisive Leadership Style of William Howard Taft -- The Driven Leadership of Woodrow Wilson -- The Presidential Difference in the Progressive Era -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix. Background on the Progressive Era Presidents.
ISBN
  • 9781648431678
  • 1648431674
  • 9781648431685 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023032902
OCLC
YBP 2023032902
Author
Greenstein, Fred I., author.
Title
Presidential performance in the Progressive Era : leadership style from McKinley to Wilson / Fred I. Greenstein and Dale Anderson.
Publisher
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2024]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership
Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1999
Added Author
Anderson, Dale, 1953- author.
Other Form:
Online version: Greenstein, Fred I. Presidential performance in the Progressive Era College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2023] 9781648431685 (DLC) 2023032903
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