Politics by Humans: Research on American Leadership
Politics by Humans: Research on American Leadership
by James David Barber
Duke University Press Paper: 978-0-8223-0848-5
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
James David Barber's research on leadership, particularly the phenomenon of the American presidency, has become legendary for both its insight and wit. Politics by Humans presents some of this most original and seminal products of his scholarship.
REVIEWS
"This collection contains the finest studies of political leaders by a single individual that now exists."—Aaron Wildavsky
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ix
I. Leader-in-Chief
1. The Office 3
2. Life History 24
3. Hard Cases 54
4. Character and Style 88
5. Strategy for Research 127
6. Roots of Genius 156
II. Perception Shapes Power
7. Eye of the Beholder 183
8. Motivated Sociology 230
9. Sharing Constructs 242
10. Gathering Influence 262
11. Culture and System 282
III. Mediated Leadership
12. Characteristics in the Campaign 305
13. Fighting Story 351
14. Civic Eduation 374
15. Drift to Fiction 407
16. Ways Out 427
17. Lessons from Candidate Reagan 443
Conclusion
18. Reflections on the Problems of Politics and the Science of Solving Them 453