The Values of Presidential Leadership

by J. Wren, T. Price (Editor)

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403983954
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/20/2007
Series:	Jepson Studies in Leadership
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	235
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

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.

Table of Contents

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 MacGregor 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

Editorial Reviews

"At last, a book on presidential leadership that goes beyond strategic and tactical thinking about power stakes to explore the tensions between moral and ethical values on one hand and situational leadership on the other. I would recommend this volume not only to anyone teaching a course on the presidency, but also to anyone working in the next administration." - Richard Pious, Adolph and Effie Ochs Professor, Barnard College"This wonderful collection of first-rate articles deals with an oft neglected but very important element of presidential leadership: the role of values in presidential politics. The top-notch scholars who have contributed to this excellent volume offer a rich and diverse take on this vital topic and illuminate for the reader the vital role values play in politics and in leadership." - Michael A. Genovese, Loyola Chair of Leadership, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Institute for Leadership Studies, Loyola Marymount University and Past President, Presidency Research Group, American Political Science Association"The editors of this book have brought together an eclectic group of distinguished scholars to examine the role of values as they underlie leadership in the American presidency. The mix of disciplinary perspectives, historical and contemporary cases, and normative concerns yields a volume of nuance and insight that will be of interest to all who study leadership and the presidency. " - Robert J. Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, SUNY Cortland and Past President, Presidency Research Group, American Political Science Association"Effective presidential leadership needs to be informed and shaped by the appropriate moral context. Conjoining normative and empirical analyses, this collection of new studies of presidential leadership covers many of the familiar topics in leadership studies, while emphasizing the crucial dimension of ideas and beliefs, all too often neglected in modern social science." - Jeffrey K. Tulis, Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin

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