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Inventing the job of president : leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson / Fred I. Greenstein.

Title
Inventing the job of president : leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson / Fred I. Greenstein.
Author
Greenstein, Fred I.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

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165 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
The author analyzes our first seven leaders' strengths and weaknesses in public communication, organizational capacity, political skill, policy vision, cognitive style, and emotional intelligence. Their similarities and differences support his central thesis that, at any given time, it matters who happens to be President. None has had the same personal and political skills. Greenstein's approach emphasizes particular personal strengths and weaknesses, which distinguishes this volume from works which focus more on political environment and the times in which various Presidents served. Not all Presidents are created equal, and leadership style clearly matters.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • USA Präsident
  • 1700-1899
  • Presidents > United States > History > 18th century
  • Presidents > United States > History > 19th century
  • Presidents > United States > Biography
  • Political leadership > United States > Case studies
  • United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Case studies
  • History
  • Biographies.
  • Études de cas.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The presidential difference in the early republic -- The foundational presidency of George Washington -- John Adams : absentee chief executive -- Thomas Jefferson and the art of governance -- The anticlimactic presidency of James Madison -- The political competence of James Monroe -- The political incompetence of John Quincy Adams -- Andrew Jackson : force of nature -- Presidents, leadership qualities, and political development.
ISBN
  • 9780691133584 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0691133581 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008048715
OCLC
270232151
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library