Stanley A. Renshon

The Psychological Assessment of Presidential Candidates (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Looking back over the past 25 years, Stanley Renshon explores how the issue of character has come to dominate presidential campaigns. Drawing on his clinical and political science training, Renshon has devised a theory which allows the public to evaluate the qualities of presidential candidates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135265281
• Artikelnr.: 39704737

Autorenporträt

Stanley A. Renshon is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York and developer and coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Program in the Psychology of Political Behavior at the CUNY Graduate School. He is a certified psychoanalyst and author of several volumes, including High Hopes: The ClintonPresidency and the Politics of Ambition (Routledge, 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Does the President's Character Still Matter?; I: ? Part I The
Concept of Psychological Suitability; 1: ? The Psychological Suitability of
Presidents in an Era of Doubt; 2: ? Assessing the Psychological Suitability
of Presidential Candidates: Ethical and Theoretical Dilemmas; II: ? PART V
Assessing the Psychological Health of Presidential Candidates; 3: ?
Psychological Health and Presidential Performance: A Foundation for the
Assessment of Psychological Suitability?; 4: ? Is the Psychological
Impairment of Presidents Still a Relevant Concern?; 5: ? Assessment at a
Distance: A Cautionary Case Study of the 1964 Presidential Campaign; 6: ?
Psychological Health in the 1972 Presidential Election: The Case of Thomas
F. Eagleton; III: ? Part III Character and Presidential Performance: Theory
and Assessment; 7: ? Toward a Framework for Analyzing Presidential
Performance: Some Observations on a Theory of Character; 8: ? Toward a
Theory of Character and Presidential Performance; 9: ? Character and
Judgment in the 1988 Presidential Campaign: A Case Study of Gary Hart; 10:
? Bill Clinton as a Presidential Candidate: What Did the Public Learn?; 11:
? William J. Clinton as President: Some Implications of Character for
Presidential Performance; IV: ? Part IV Assessing Psychological
Suitability: The Role of the Press and Presidential Campaigns; 12: ? The
Private Lives of Public Officials: Observations, Dilemmas, and Guidelines;
13: ? Election Campaigns as a Tool for Assessing the Psychological
Suitability of Presidential Candidates; V: ? PART V Assessing Psychological
Suitability: Some Applications; 14: ? Asking the Right Questions of
Presidential Candidates: Some Suggestions and Guidelines; 15: ? Conclusion:
The Good Enough President