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Number of Pages: 392. Weight: 1.25 lbs. Publication Date: 2011-08-17. Publisher: Routledge.

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Every new president raises many questions. Because Barack Obama is a relative newcomer to the national political scene, he possibly raises more than most. Will he be a pragmatic centrist or will his politics of hope ultimately flounder on the rocky shoals of America's deep political divisions? What of his leadership style? How will the uncommonly calm character demonstrated on the campaign trail take shape in Obama's political style as commander-in-chief? Obama takes office with extraordinarily high expectations and a palpable hunger in the American psyche for a new national direction. Inflated expectations, however, are often a recipe for disappointment. Based on extensive biographical, psychological, and political research and analysis, noted political psychologist Stanley Renshon follows Obama's presidency through the first year. He digs into the question of who is the real Obama and assesses the advantages and limitations that he brings to the presidency. These questions cannot be answered without recourse to psychological analysis. And they cannot be answered without psychological knowledge of presidential leadership and the presidency itself. Renshon explains that Obama's ambition has an undercurrent in its developmental history of the fear of failure that has enormous consequences for his choices as president of an America that remains politically divided.

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Routledge
ISBN-10
0415873959
ISBN-13
9780415873956
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109101610

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Author
Stanley A. Renshon
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
392 Pages

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19.2 Oz
Height
2.1in
Width
6in
Length
9in

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E908
Publication Date
2011-08-15
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"This is a brilliant portrait of Barak Obama. Renshon combines psychology and political analysis in a way that we see the man and president as the same. The political context is sketched and we see how Obama, the person and the politician, is bent on redemption for his parents, for himself, and for the nation. The personal theme of redemption is joined with politics as Obama sees himself as a 'e~transformational'e(tm) leader. This caused him to misjudge the 2008 election as a call for reform when it was not, and led to overreaching by the president and disenchanted public responses. The question now is whether Obama will be able to adapt to a divided politics to win reelection." 'e"Erwin C. Hargrove, Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Vanderbilt University "Barack Obama and the Politics of Redemption is rich in political and psychological insights. Stanley Renshon offers the politics of redemption as a crucial key to Obama'e(tm)s ideals and performance conveying an exciting new understanding of Obama. His insights into Obama'e(tm)s personal and political complexity, his 'e~Rorschach style'e(tm) of ambiguity which allowed people to project their wishes on him, make a compelling read that is a must for any modern American." 'e"Peter Loewenberg, Professor of History Emeritus, UCLA and Dean Emeritus of the Los Angles Psychoanalytic Institute "Professor Renshon'e(tm)s provocative analysis of Barack Obama'e(tm)s personality and early presidential performance is to be recommended to anyone who wants to take the measure of 'e~no drama Obama.'e(tm) All future Obama biographers should consult it." 'e"Fred I. Greenstein, Princeton University "As he did for Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Stanley Renshon has now shed important new light on the personal presidency of Barack Obama. Noting that Obama'e(tm)s life story is more a part of his presidency than was true for Clinton or Bush, Renshon probes the links between his psychology and personal development and his leadership style and policy choices. The result is the clearest explanation yet of a man and a president who remains an enigma to many." 'e"Bruce Buchanan, The University of Texas at Austin "Stanley Renshon, the noted presidential psychobiographer, educated in political science and trained in psychoanalysis, is a one man interdisciplinary team. Through rigorous research combined with psychoanalytic inference, Renshon has systematically explored Obama'e(tm)s journey in pursuit of a consolidated identity, and has taken us beneath the cool, cerebral surface to illuminate the sources of the passionate ambition that has propelled the meteoric career of the 44th president. Renshon's analysis will richly reward readers seeking to understand 'the Rorschach President.'" 'e"Jerrold Post, M.D., George Washington University "As with his profiles of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Stanley Renshon offers a psychological analysis of Barack Obama. Featured is a crisp framework'e"a structure of redemption ordering an unstructured early life. The reader is invited to test the utility of Renshon'e(tm)s well-researched synopsis as the Obama presidency continues to unfold, thus justifying this early inquiry. Students at all levels will relish the workout. A bonus is a welcome methodological appendix for analyzing Obama'e(tm)s presidency." 'e"Charles O. Jones, Professor of Political Science Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison and former president of the American Political Science Association, "As he did for Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Stanley Renshon has now shed important new light on the personal presidency of Barack Obama. Noting that Obama "s life story is more a part of his presidency than was true for Clinton or Bush, Renshon probes the links between his psychology and personal development and his leadership style and policy choices. The result is the clearest explanation yet of a man and a president who remains an enigma to many." 'Bruce Buchana, The University of Texas at Austin
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Table of Content
PART I: FOUNDATIONS1: The Early Obama Presidency: From Campaigning to Governing 2: The Puzzle of Obama's Political Identity 3: The Arc of Ambition and the Development of a Style PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY4: Obama's Presidential Leadership: Transformation and Redemption 5: The Moral Thrust of Obama's Ambition: Fairness 6: The Question of Leadership Integrity 7: Ambition's Confidence 8: A Zen-like President's Emotional Undercurrents 9: Psychology in the White House PART III: THE FUTURE OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY10: Transformation's Demise and the Redemption of the Obama Presidency Appendix A: Analyzing Barack Obama: A Note on Theory, Method, Evidence and Inference Appendix B: A Mysterious President: Puzzlement from the Left, Right and Center
Copyright Date
2012
Lccn
2011-009570
Dewey Decimal
973.932092
Dewey Edition
23

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