J. Wren 
The Values of Presidential Leadership [PDF ebook] 

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Contributors address aspects of presidential leadership in essays on how presidential values are determined or constructed, how they are condoned and criticized, how they are packaged and conveyed, and how they are interpreted and acted upon. Includes scholars from communication, history, law, philosophy, political science, and psychology

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Introduction – Terry L. Price, J. Thomas Wren PART I: GOD AND COUNTRY Lincoln, Religion, and Presidential Leadership – Michael Nelson Patriotic Leadership – A. John Simmons PART II: COMMUNICATING VALUES Rhetorical Leadership and the Presidency: A Situational Taxonomy – Martin Medhurst Changing Their Minds? The Limits of Presidential Persuasion— George C. Edwards III PART III: COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP A Tale of Two Bushes: Standing Alone vs. Standing Together – James Mac Gregor Burns Presidential Leadership and Advice about Going to War— James P. Pfiffner PART IV: PRESIDENTIAL WRONGDOING Grant ‘Blinked’: Appraising Presidential Leadership – George R. Goethals and Matthew B. Kugler Should Presidents Obey the Law? (And What’s ‘The Law’ Anyway?) – Frederick Schauer Presidential Dirty Hands – Judith Lichtenberg Conclusion – J. Thomas Wren, Terry L. Price

About the author

Terry L. Price is Professor of Leadership Studies and Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond. He has degrees in philosophy, politics, and psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Oxford, and he has completed his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Arizona. His work has been published in outlets such as the Encyclopedia of Leadership, Journal of Political Philosophy, and Leadership Quarterly. He is author of Understanding Ethical Failures in Leadership on Cambridge University Press and co-editor of the three-volume reference set The International Library of Leadership.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 235 ● ISBN 9780230609334 ● File size 2.0 MB ● Editor T. Price ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2007 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2306939 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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