| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction : studying leadership in American politics / Jeffery A. Jenkins and Craig Volden -- Part One. Leadership from the top. House leadership and the speakership of John Boehner / Barbara Sinclair and Gregory Koger -- Leaders and partisanship in the modern senate / Steven S. Smith -- A president's decisions and the presidential difference / Matthew N. Beckmann -- Presidential leadership in American foreign policy / Philip B.K. Potter -- Great judges : judicial leadership in theory and practice / Charles M. Cameron and Mehdi Shadmehr -- Part Two. Leadership across institutions. Parties and leadership in American politics / David Karol -- Leadership and interest groups / Timothy M. LaPira -- Leadership and the bureaucracy / John W. Patty -- Leadership in the states / James Coleman Battista -- Part Three. Assessing leadership in American politics. Leadership : a definition / William G. Howell and Stephane Wolton -- Filters and pegs in holes : how selection mechanisms and institutional positions shape (perceptions of) political leadership / Alan E. Wiseman -- What do political leaders do? / Eric M. Patashnik |
| Summary |
"Leadership is unquestionably important in politics and policy, but defining what leadership is, and determining how it is important systematically, is often difficult. The contributors to this volume examine whether the form and content of leadership in the U.S. varies across governmental units and structures, and whether empirical evidence for leadership is stronger in some areas than in others."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Public administration -- United States
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Political leadership -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
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Political leadership
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Politics and government
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Public administration
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jenkins, Jeffery A., editor.
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Volden, Craig, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780700625154 |
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0700625151 |
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