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• PART I: FOUNDATIONS
• 1: 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 PRESIDENCY
• 4: 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 PRESIDENCY
• 10: 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.
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Every new president raises many questions in the public mind. Because Barack Obama was a relative newcomer to the national political scene, he raised more questions than most. Would he prove to be a pragmatic centrist or would his politics of hope ultimately flounder on the rocky shoals of America's deep political divisions? What of his leadership style? How would the uncommonly calm character he demonstrated on the campaign trail shape Obama's political style as commander-in-chief? Based on extensive biographical, psychological, and political research and analysis, noted political psychologist Stanley Renshon follows Obama's presidency through the first two years. 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 been fueled by a desire for redemption-his own, that of his parents, and ultimately for the country he now leads, which has enormous consequences for his choices as president of a politically divided America.
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• Preface--
• Chapter 1: The Obama Presidency and the World He Inherits-- Part I: The Bush Doctrine Reconsidered--
• Chapter 2: The Evolution of a Post 9/11 National Security Perspective--
• Chapter 3: The Real Bush Doctrine--
• Chapter 4: The Bush Doctrine: Myths and Criticisms-- Part II: The Strategic World After 9/11--
• Chapter 5: The New Calculus of Risk--
• Chapter 6: Deterrence, Containment and Adversarial Bargaining Post 9/11: North Korea and Iran--
• Chapter 7: Dangerous Threats and the Use of Force--
• Chapter 8: Strategic Options and the Future of the Bush Doctrine-- Part III: The Politics of Post 9/11 National Security--
• Chapter 9: The Politics of Risk Assessment--
• Chapter 10: The Politics of Post 9/11 National Security: A Profound Worldview Divide--
• Chapter 11: Obama's National Security Tasks: Worldview, Leadership and Judgment.
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Examines Bush Doctrine and its effect and influence on the fresh national security agenda of President Obama.
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• Introduction : allowing new noncitizen immigrants to vote : framing the issues
• A range of proposals
• Impact, administrative complexities, holding office, and progressive politics
• Evaluating proposals to allow noncitizen voting : steps to a more useful discussion
• History, legality, and bandwagons
• Iconic claims, contrary evidence
• In defense of naturalization

Non-Citizen Voting in the United States is a scholarly, yet engaging, analysis of the legal, political, and historical issues surrounding the growing progressive effort to give non-citizens the right to vote in America. While challenging assumptions, on both sides of the debate, the book ultimately concludes that non-citizen voting is not currently feasible on practical, theoretical, or legal grounds.
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• Intruduction: Allowing new noncitizen immigrants to vote : framing the issues
• A range of proposals
• Impact, administrative complexities, holding office, and progressive politics
• Evaluating proposals to allow noncitizen voting : steps to a more useful discussion
• History, legality, and bandwagons
• Iconic claims, contrary evidence
• In defense of naturalization

Non-Citizen Voting in the United States is a scholarly, yet engaging, analysis of the legal, political, and historical issues surrounding the growing progressive effort to give non-citizens the right to vote in America. While challenging assumptions, on both sides of the debate, the book ultimately concludes that non-citizen voting is not currently feasible on practical, theoretical, or legal grounds.
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• American democracy and the dilemmas of dual citizenship
• American national identity: the framework
• The search for the missing link
• A theory
• Domestic challenges to American national identity
• Multiculturalism and national identity
• Hyphenation and national identity
• Global challenges to American national identity
• Transnationalism and national identity
• Why not a transnational American national identity
• The development of national identity
• Do multiple national attachments equal conflicted national loyalties?
• Reforming dual citizenship: some proposals
• Becoming American: some proposals.

The United States is the only nation in the world that allows its citizens to hold one or more foreign citizenships, vote in another nation's elections, run for or be appointed to office in another country, and join the armed forces even of a nation with interests hostile to those of the United States while retaining their citizenship. These policies reinforce the often already strong emotional, political, and economic ties today's immigrants retain to their home countries. Yet few studies have addressed what dual citizenship means for the United States as a nation and the integration of immigrants into the American national community. Is it possible to reconcile two different nationalities, cultures, and psychologies? How can we honor immigrants' sense of identity without threatening American national identity? What do Americans have a right to expect of immigrants and what do immigrants have a right to expect of Americans? In The 50 per cent American political psychologist Stanley Renshon offers unique insight into the political and national ramifications of personal loyalties. Arguing that the glue that binds this country together is a psychological force - patriotism - he explains why powerful emotional attachments are critical to American civic process and how they make possible united action in times of crisis. In an age of terror, the idea that we are all Americans regardless of our differences is more than a credo; it is essential to our national security. Comprehensive in scope, this book examines recent immigration trends, tracing the assimilation process that immigrants to the United States undergo and describing how federal, state, and local governments have dealt with volatile issues such as language requirements, voting rights, and schooling. Renshon turns a critical eye to the challenges posed over the past four decades by multiculturalism, cultural conflict, and global citizenship and puts forth a comprehensive proposal for reforming dual citizenship and helping immigrants and citizens alike become more integrated into the American national community.
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This title examines the role of national political leaders in maintaining or dissipating America's national identity. It explores the question - is there a new American identity and if so should Americans worry about the loss of the old one?
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• Public psychology : the legacy of history
• Character and the presidency
• Ambition
• Character integrity
• Relatedness
• Character and presidential psychology
• His mother's son
• Adoration and abandonment : the Clinton family
• Some consequences of hope : a tale of two women
• Vietnam and the draft
• A life's choice : Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Judgment and leadership : the core of presidential performance
• Bill Clinton's presidency
• Lost opportunities : President Clinton's first term.

An award-winning study of the psychological background to Bill Clinton's erratic presidency. Lending a new twist to the study of the political personality, Renton unfolds the extraordinary narrative of Clinton's rise to power.
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Originally published in 1996 by New York University Press, an account of how the issue of the candidate's character has come to dominate presidential campaigns, looking back over the past twenty five years.
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With enormous numbers of new immigrants, America is becoming dramatically more diverse racially, culturally, and ethnically. As a result, the United States faces questions that have profound consequences for its future. What does it mean to be an American? Is a new American identity developing? At the same time, the coherence of national culture has been challenged by the expansion of - and attacks on - individual and group rights, and by political leaders who prefer to finesse rather than engage cultural controversies. Many of the ideals on which the country was founded are under intense, often angry, debate, and the historic tension between individuality and community has never been felt so keenly. In "One America?", contributors discuss the role of national leadership, especially the presidency, at a time when a fragmented and dysfunctional national identity has become a real possibility. Holding political views that encompass the thoughtful left and right of centre, they address fundamental issues such as affirmative action, presidential engagement in questions of race, dual citizenship, interracial relationships, and English as the basic language.
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• * The Psychological Context of the Clinton Presidency: A Framework for Analysis Stanley A. Renshon. Presidential PsychologyThe 1992 Campaign: What Did We Learn? * How George Bush Lost the Presidential Election of 1992 Betty Glad. * The Political Psychology of the Ross Perot Phenomenon Jerrold M. Post. * Character, Judgment, and Political Leadership: Promise, Problems, and Prospects of the Clinton Presidency S. A. Renshon. Public PsychologyLeadership Styles * The Cueless Public: Bill Clinton Meets the New American Voter in Campaign 92 W. Lance Bennett. * Presidential Psychology and Governing Styles: A Comparative Psychological Analysis of the 1992 Presidential Candidates David G. Winter. The Process Of Presidential Leadership * Political Style and Political Leadership: The Case of Bill Clinton Fred I. Greenstein. * Advice and Advisers in the Clinton Presidency: The Impact of Leadership Style Margaret G. Hermann. Public Psychology And President Clinton * President Clinton Meets the Media: Communication Shaped by Predictable Patterns Martha Joynt Kumar. * Public Opinion in President Clintons First Year: Leadership and Responsiveness Lawrence R. Jacobs and Robert Y. Shapiro. The Clinton Presidency And The Psychology Of Public Policy: Dilemmas And Opportunities * President Clinton as a Cognitive Manager Peter Suedfeld and Michael D. Wallace. * Psychological Dimensions of PostCold War Foreign Policy Richard Ned Lebow.
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The Clinton presidency faced a basic set of public questions at the outset regarding its real intentions, strategies, and competence. Would the administration be able to develop and implement policies that were constructive in intent, fair in formulation, and successful in result? Would President Clinton be able to govern as successfully as he campaigned? Would there be a productive fit between Clintons leadership style and the needs of the public?Additional questions arise about Clinton personally. Many admire him; others distrust him. What realistic basis is there for either view?This book explores these questions and develops an initial appraisal of the Clinton presidency. The chapters herein are framed by theories of political leadership and psychology. They draw on a diverse body of theories, including psychological theories of character and personality, cognitive psychology and communication theory, theories of presidential leadership and performance, and theories of public psychology. The goal is to examine the many facets of leadership and governing that constitute the modern presidency and to locate Bill Clintons emerging presidency within that framework. Bill Clinton is and likely will remain a controversial president. One objective of this analysis is to provide a clearer, more objective framework in which to evaluate both the man and his approach to political leadership and executive power and the consequences of his approach for public psychology and policy.
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A collection of essays that offer insights into President Bill Clinton's relationship with the American public through an analysis of his election campaign and first year in office. They discuss the President's specific strengths and weaknesses, and the psychological factors he relies on.
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• Part 1 The Origins of the Gulf War: Introduction, Stanley A. Renshon-- Patterns Forged in Time - Middle Eastern Mind-Sets and the Gulf War, L. Carl Brown-- Commentary on Part 1, Dankwart A. Rustow.
• Part 2 Leaders, Leadership and Decision-Making: President Bush Goes to War - A Psychological Interpretation from a Distance, Stephen J. Wayne-- The Defining Moment of Saddam's Life - A Political Psychology Perspective on the Leadership and Decision-Making of Saddam Hussein During the Gulf Crisis, Jerrold M. Post-- Skilled Judgement, and the Lack Thereof, in the Gulf War - A Preliminary Psychological Model with Some Applications, Stanley A. Renshon-- Commentary on Part 2, David G. Winter.
• Part 3 The Conflict Process: Threat-Based Strategies of Conflict Management - Why Did They Fail in the Gulf?, Janice Gross Stein-- The War of Images - Strategic Communication in the Gulf Conflict, Jarol B. Manheim-- Commentary on Part 3, Robert Jervis.
• Part 4 Mass Publics: Arab Public Opinion and the Gulf War, Shibley Telhami-- American Public Opinion and the Gulf War, John Mueller-- The Political and Psychological Impact of the Gulf War on the Israeli Public, Asher Arian and Carol Gordon-- Commentary on Part 4, Herbert C. Kelman.
• Part 5 The Consequences of Conflict: Leaders and Publics in the Middle East - Shattering the Organising Myths of Arab Society, Marvin Zonis-- The Gulf War's Possible Impact on the International System, Alexander L. George-- Commentary on Part 5, Dankwart A. Rustow.
• Part 6 Epilogue: The Gulf War Revisited - Consequences, Controversies and Interpretations, Stanley A. Renshon.
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In 18 original essays, experts analyse the personal psychologies and public belief systems of the individuals and nations involved in the Gulf War - from George Bush and Saddam Hussein to the peoples of the United States, Israel and the Arab countries. Approaching the events of 1990-1991 from the perspectives of psychology, history, mass communications and political science, these scholars examine the dynamic relationship of events, behaviour and perceptions. Part 1 deals with the psychological and political origins of the war; part 2 focuses on George Bush, Saddam Hussein and the nature of their leadership and judgement; part 3 discusses the battle for public perceptions and beliefs waged by both sides; part 4 analyses the results of that battle as revealed by the understanding of the US, Israeli and Arab publics; and part 5 deals with the war's consequences.
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• I. Introduction
• 1. The Bush Doctrine: Psychological Foundations, Real World Consequences, Stanely Renshon and Peter Suefeld II. The Post 9/11 World
• 2. Public Opinion in a Dangerous World, Doug Foyle
• 3. The New Psychology of Alliances, Peter Suedfeld III. Offensive Realism
• 4. International Relations Theory Meets World Politics: The Neoconservative vs. Realism Debate, Gerhard Alexander
• 5. The Psychological Origins of Preventive War, Jonathan B. Renshon
• 6. The Fate of Deterrence in the Post 9/11 World, Richard Ned Lebow
• 7. Deterrin Rouge Leaders, Jerrold Post IV. Risky Choices: The Bush Doctrine in Practice
• 8. War, Post 9/11: Preventive Logic, the 2003 Iraq War, and the Bush Doctrine, Jack Levy
• 9. Iraq: A Historical Analogy in the Making, Phil Tetlock
• 10. Democracy and the Bush Doctrine, Marvin Zonis V. Conclusion: The Bush Doctrine in Perspective
• 11. The Bush Doctrine in Perspective, Alexander Moens
• 12. Anti-Americanism, National Identity and the Bush Doctrine, Janice Stein
• 13. Premature Obituary: The Future of the Bush Doctrine, Stanley A. Renshon.
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In this volume, leading scholars of U.S. foreign policy, international relations, and political psychology examine one of the most consequential and controversial statements of national security policy in contemporary American history. Unlike other books which focus only on unilateralism or preventive war, Stanley A. Renshon and Peter Suedfeld provide a comprehensive framework with which to analyze the Bush Doctrine by identifying five central and interrelated elements of the doctrine: American pre-eminence assertive realism equivocal alliances selective multilateralism democratic transformation. Given its centrality to American national security, and the fact that the effects of it are likely to be felt well into the twenty-first century, Understanding the Bush Doctrine provides a critically balanced and pointed assessment of the Bush Doctrine and its premises, as well as a fair appraisal of its implications and prospects.
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• I. Introduction
• 1. The Bush Doctrine: Psychological Foundations, Real World Consequences Stanely Renshon and Peter Suefeld II. The Post 9/11 World
• 2. Public Opinion in a Dangerous World Doug Foyle, Department of Political Science, Wesleyan University
• 3. The New Psychology of Alliances Peter Suedfeld, Department of Psychology, The University of British Columbia III. Offensive Realism
• 4. International Relations Theory Meets World Politics: The Neoconservative vs. Realism Debate Gerhard Alexander, Department of Government & Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia
• 5. The Psychological Origins of Preventive War Jonathan B. Renshon, Department of International Relations, The London School of Economics
• 6. The Fate of Deterrence in the Post 9/11 World Richard Ned Lebow, Department of Government, Dartmouth College
• 7. Deterrin Rouge Leaders Jerrold Post, School of International Relations, George Washington University IV. Risky Choices: The Bush Doctrine in Practice
• 8. War, Post 9/11: Preventive Logic, the 2003 Iraq War, and the Bust Doctrine. Jack Levy, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University
• 9. Iraq: A Historical Analogy in the Making Phil Tetlock, Department of Psychology/Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
• 10. Democracy and the Bush Doctrine Marvin Zonis, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago V. Conclusion- The Bush Doctrine in Perspective
• 11. The Bush Doctrine in Perspective Alexander Moens, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University
• 12. Anti-Americanism, National Identity and the Bush Doctrine Janice Stein, Political Science, The University of Toronto
• 13. Premature Obituary: The Future of the Bush Doctrine Stanley A. Renshon, The City University of New York.
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• I. Introduction
• 1. The Bush Doctrine: Psychological Foundations, Real World Consequences, Stanely Renshon and Peter Suefeld II. The Post 9/11 World
• 2. Public Opinion in a Dangerous World, Doug Foyle
• 3. The New Psychology of Alliances, Peter Suedfeld III. Offensive Realism
• 4. International Relations Theory Meets World Politics: The Neoconservative vs. Realism Debate, Gerhard Alexander
• 5. The Psychological Origins of Preventive War, Jonathan B. Renshon
• 6. The Fate of Deterrence in the Post 9/11 World, Richard Ned Lebow
• 7. Deterrin Rouge Leaders, Jerrold Post IV. Risky Choices: The Bush Doctrine in Practice
• 8. War, Post 9/11: Preventive Logic, the 2003 Iraq War, and the Bush Doctrine, Jack Levy
• 9. Iraq: A Historical Analogy in the Making, Phil Tetlock
• 10. Democracy and the Bush Doctrine, Marvin Zonis V. Conclusion: The Bush Doctrine in Perspective
• 11. The Bush Doctrine in Perspective, Alexander Moens
• 12. Anti-Americanism, National Identity and the Bush Doctrine, Janice Stein
• 13. Premature Obituary: The Future of the Bush Doctrine, Stanley A. Renshon.
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In this volume, leading scholars of US foreign policy, international relations, and political psychology examine one of the most consequential and controversial statements of national security policy in contemporary American history. Unlike other books which focus only on unilateralism or preventive war, Stanley A. Renshon and Peter Suedfeld provide a comprehensive framework with which to analyze the Bush Doctrine by identifying five central and interrelated elements of the doctrine: American pre-eminence; assertive realism; equivocal alliances; selective multilateralism; and, democratic transformation. Given its centrality to American national security, and the fact that the effects of it are likely to be felt well into the twenty-first century, "Understanding the Bush Doctrine" will provide a critically balanced and pointed assessment of the Bush Doctrine and its premises, as well as a fair appraisal of its implications and prospects.
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• Part 1 The nature of good judgement: psychological sources of good judgement in political leaders - a framework for analysis, Stanley A. Renshon-- good judgement in foreign policy, Deborah Welch Larson.
• Part 2 The dynamics of good judgement - appraisals and images: appraising good judgement before it matters - Al Gore, George W. Bush and the 2000 election campaign, Stanley A. Renshon-- bad guys and bad judgements, Stephen Wayne.
• Part 3 Judgements and misjudgements in foreign policy decisions: Truman and the Berlin Blockade - the role of intuition and experience in good foreign policy judgement, Deborah Welch Larson-- perceiving the end of threat -Ronald Reagan and the Gorbachev revolution, Barbara Farnham-- culture and emotion as obstacles to good judgement - the case of Argentina's invasion of the Falklands/Malvinas, David A. Welch.
• Part 4 Improving the quality of judgement in foreign policy decision-making: policy planning - oxymoron or "sine qua non" for US foreign policy, Bruce W. Jentleson and Andrew Bennett-- why good judgement in foreign policy is more complicated than pornography, Richard N. Haas-- analysis and judgement in policy-making, Alexander L. George.
• Part 5 Reflections on good judgement in a dangerous world: the world according to George W. Bush - good judgement or cowboy politics? Stanley A. Renshon-- politics, uncertainty and values - good judgement in context, Deborah Welch Larson.
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At the heart of political leadership lies choice. And at the heart of choice lies judgment. A leader's psychology and experience intersect with political realities to produce consequences that can make or break a leader - or a country. Nowhere is judgment more important than in the making of foreign policy. Good judgments can avoid wars, or win them. Poor judgments can start wars or lose them. This book draws together a distinguished group of contributors - psychologists, political scientists, and policymakers - to focus on and understand both good and poor judgment in foreign policy making. Case studies of key leadership decisions combine with theoretical overviews and analyses to offer a highly textured portrait of judgment in action in the all-important foreign policy arena. An up-to-the-minute case on George W. Bush and the war on terrorism applies good judgment theory to contemporary events.
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At the heart of political leadership lies choice, and at the heart of choice lies judgement. A leader's psychology and experience intersects with political realities to produce consequences that can make or break a leader - or a country. Nowhere is judgement more important than in the making of foreign policy. Good judgements can avoid wars, or win them. Poor judgements can start wars or lose them. This volume draws together a group of contributors - psychologists, political scientists and policy-makers - to focus on and understand both good and poor judgement in foreign policy-making. Case studies of key leadership decisions combine with theoretical overviews and analyses to offer a textured portrait of judgement in action in the all-important foreign policy arena. It includes a case study of George W. Bush and the war on terrorism.
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