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Title: |
White House Studies Compendium |
| Sub-title: |
Volume 11 |
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| Edited by: |
Thomas Lansford |
| ISBN10-13: |
1629489786 : 9781629489780 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
260x180mm |
| Pages: |
465 |
| Weight: |
.908 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - March 2014 |
| List Price: |
287.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Research methods: general : Political leaders & leadership |
| The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. "White House Studies Compendium" brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency and deals with both current issues and historical events. This volume pays special attention to US presidential leadership at the UN from 1945 to present. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; The Coming of Presidential Czars & their Accountability to Congress; Seasonal Clemency Revisited: An Empirical Analysis; It’s Personal: Nixon, Liberia & the Development of U.S. African Policy; Contested Stewardship: Inter-Branch Conflict over Unilateral Presidential Directives for Public Lands; Commemorating Freedom’s Flight: The Space Shuttle as Partisan Vehicle in Presidential Eulogies; Talking the Nation into War Using Religious Rhetoric: A Study of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson & George W. Bush; Partisanship as a Source of Presidential Rankings; The Effects of Partisanship & Ideology on Expert Raters’ Evaluations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton & Bush 43; Reflections on the Findings of Uscinski & Simon, & Blessing, Skleder, & You on Rater Bias & Presidential Rankings; FDR’s Forgotten Man: Metamorphosis to a Volatile Political Future; The Influence of Familial, Childhood, & Peer Networks on Presidential Political Personality: Bill Clinton, Hope, Hot Spring & Racial Attitudes; Review of “Washington: A Life” By Ron Chernow; Review of “Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, & the Murder of a President” By Candice Millard; Introduction to Section II - US Presidential Leadership at the United Nations: Evaluating the Past & Looking Ahead to the 21st Century Governance; Classifying the Changing Role of the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Presidential Policy Making; The Impact of Dues Withholding on the U.S.-U.N. Relationship; Rhetorical Constructions of Global Community: Presidents & the UN; The American President & the United Nations Security Council: Why Bigger Might Be Better; Presidential Leadership & UN Activities to End Violence against Women; Why Did Busy Bypass the UN in 2003? Unilateralism, Multilateralism, & Presidential Leadership; Concluding Observations & Comments; Index. |
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