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This book examines popular perceptions of recent political and psychological changes during Vladimir Putins third term, a unique period in the post-Soviet political history of Russia. The contributors analyze recent trends in Russian society and interpret citizens views of political power, institutions, and leaders.

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This book examines popular perceptions of recent political and psychological changes during Vladimir Putins third term, a unique period in the post-Soviet political history of Russia. The contributors analyze recent trends in Russian society and interpret citizens views of political power, institutions, and leaders.

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This book examines Richard Nixon within the context of the emerging revisionism that his place in history should not be defined entirely by Watergate. It assesses his many achievements and explains his equally numerous shortcomings.

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Hitchens boldly puts the pieces of the Clinton puzzle together -- and isn't afraid to describe the result.

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Though many studies of contemporary campaigns focus on brief political advertisements and the growing impact of technology on contemporary campaigns, the definitive statements of most candidates are still made in public addresses.

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Though many studies of contemporary campaigns focus on brief political advertisements and the growing impact of technology on contemporary campaigns, the definitive statements of most candidates are still made in public addresses.

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The relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is unique in British politics. In government, Blair has allowed Brown unprecedented sway over domestic policies, while keeping a firm grip on foreign affairs, including Europe.

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An examination of the political and social characteristics particular to Scandinavia which have made women's rise to power more rapid than in other regions of the world.

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10 PM, on the 7 May. The exit poll predicting the result of the 2015 General Election is announced. In that instant three lives are changed for ever. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg were three very different men, from very different backgrounds. But they shared one ambition. To lead their country. This book deals with this campaign.

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This book explores the extraordinary personal and political lives of ten leaders who profoundly changed 20th-century Asian history. The histories, cultures and politics of China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia are interpreted through the lives of some of their leaders.

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This book chronicles the lives, communication styles, and presidential bids of five remarkable women_Margaret Chase Smith, Shirley Chisholm, Patricia Schroeder, Elizabeth Dole, and Carol Moseley Braun_while also addressing the obstacles and opportunities for women as presidential contenders.

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This psychological study dissects the characteristics of 20 world leaders-both men and women-profiling the factors that formed their personalities and revealing how certain traits have shaped their political decisions.

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Through the individual characteristics of China's political leaders, a nation-building process began. Conservative reformers saw a corruption of the moral order of society that needed to be eliminated in order to restore the country's moral integrity, while liberal reformers attempted to embrace the flaws and lead China toward Socialism.

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This work challenges the current state of political leadership studies by offering a variety of analytical methods from around the world. The different approaches offer insights of the roles of cultural and political context, including the historical circumstance, and environmental factors.

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This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level.

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While most research on the public presidency focuses on modern presidents, this book demonstrates how the structure of the executive encourages a connection with the public for all presidents. An examination of the first four presidents in Popular Leadership in the Presidency ...

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Six of America's most renowned, bestselling historians discuss how six of our most fascinating contemporary presidents used--and were changed by--power

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This conceptual framework allows readers to study long-term continuity and change in the presidency and in America.

In an age of specialization, when most historical studies of individual presidents are hundreds, even thousands of pages long, Saunders gives readers a brief, interpretive overview of select presidents.

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This conceptual framework allows readers to study long-term continuity and change in the presidency and in America.

In an age of specialization, when most historical studies of individual presidents are hundreds, even thousands of pages long, Saunders gives readers a brief, interpretive overview of select presidents.

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However, despite the Cold War and demands of international politics, these three presidents were continually involved in critical debates about the domestic future of America, and their roles and victories in these debates have left deep impressions upon American society.

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