The Politics Presidents Make : Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton
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Review
Hugh Heclo, George Mason University : A work of great insight...This is a book that kicks aside all the conventional ways of thinking about presidential leadership and erects a daring, powerful, analytic machine that compels attention.
Book Description
Stephen Skowronek's wholly innovative study demonstrates that presidents are persistent agents of change, continually disrupting and transforming the political landscape. In an afterword to this new edition, the author examines "third way" leadership as it has been practiced by Bill Clinton and others. These leaders are neither great repudiators nor orthodox innovators. They challenge received political categories, mix seemingly antithetical doctrines, and often take their opponents' issues as their own. As the 1996 election confirmed, third way leadership has great electoral appeal. The question is whether Clinton in his second term will escape the convulsive end so often associated with the type.
The Politics Presidents Make : Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton
The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton,Stephen Skowronek,Belknap Press,0674689372,Government - U.S. Government,History,Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement,Political Process - Leadership,Political Science,Political leadership,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Presidents,U.S. President,United States,Political Science / Leadership
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