Presidential leadership in the Americas since independence / Guy Burton and Ted Goertzel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Guy, author.

Goertzel, Ted George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power--Latin America--History.

Executive power.

Executive power--United States--History.

Political leadership--Latin America--History.

Political leadership.

Political leadership--United States--History.

Presidents--Latin America--History.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--History.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Latin America.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Using a comparative history approach, Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence analyzes the presidents and their ability to bring change to their polities, societies, and economies across four different periods: during and after independence; during national consolidation in the nineteenth century; the expansion of the state in the twentieth century; and the turn towards neoliberal globalization since the 1980s.

Contents:

Making sense of presidential leadership

Identifying the outstanding leaders of the Americas

Historical eras and political regimes in eight American republics

Leadership in the wars of independence and their aftermath

Presidential leadership and national consolidation

Presidential leadership in the era of state development

Presidential leadership in the era of neoliberal globalization

Conclusion : the transformational presidents of the Americas.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4985-2657-8

OCLC:

958864698