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Introduction to Political Psychology explores the many
psychological patterns that influence individual political
behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of
theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity, arguing
that individuals are driven or motivated to act in accordance with
personality characteristics, values, beliefs, and attachments to
groups. The book explains many aspects of political
behavior-whether seemingly pathological actions or normal
decision-making practices, which sometimes work optimally, and
sometimes fail. Thoroughly updated throughout, the book examines
patterns of political behavior in areas including leadership, group
behavior, voting, race, nationalism, terrorism, and war. This
edition features coverage of the 2016 election and profiles former
U.S. President Donald Trump, while also including updated data on
race relations and extremist groups in the United States. Global
issues are also considered, with case studies focused on Myanmar
and Syria, alongside coverage of social issues including Black
Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement. Accessibly written and
comprehensive in scope, it is an essential companion for all
graduate and upper-level undergraduate students of psychology,
political science, and political psychology. It will also be of
interest to those in the policy-making community, especially those
looking to learn more about the extent to which perceptions,
personality, and group dynamics affect the policy-making arena. It
is accompanied by a set of online instructor resources.
Introduction to Political Psychology explores the many
psychological patterns that influence individual political
behavior. The authors introduce readers to a broad range of
theories, concepts, and case studies of political activity, arguing
that individuals are driven or motivated to act in accordance with
personality characteristics, values, beliefs, and attachments to
groups. The book explains many aspects of political
behavior-whether seemingly pathological actions or normal
decision-making practices, which sometimes work optimally, and
sometimes fail. Thoroughly updated throughout, the book examines
patterns of political behavior in areas including leadership, group
behavior, voting, race, nationalism, terrorism, and war. This
edition features coverage of the 2016 election and profiles former
U.S. President Donald Trump, while also including updated data on
race relations and extremist groups in the United States. Global
issues are also considered, with case studies focused on Myanmar
and Syria, alongside coverage of social issues including Black
Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement. Accessibly written and
comprehensive in scope, it is an essential companion for all
graduate and upper-level undergraduate students of psychology,
political science, and political psychology. It will also be of
interest to those in the policy-making community, especially those
looking to learn more about the extent to which perceptions,
personality, and group dynamics affect the policy-making arena. It
is accompanied by a set of online instructor resources.
How important is presidential personality and leadership style in
foreign policy decisions? To answer this question, Thomas Preston
takes readers inside the Bush administration's decision-making
process and use of intelligence to better understand how
administration officials justified the Iraq War-and how they sought
to avoid blame for the consequences of their actions. Based on
extensive interviews with key Bush administration officials,
Preston offers students of American foreign policy, presidential
decision making, the dynamics of blame avoidance, and future
practitioners with an in depth examination of how presidential
personality and leadership style impacted Bush's central foreign
policy failure. In addition, Preston looks critically at the
oft-cited comparisons of Iraq to Lyndon Johnson's leadership during
the Vietnam War, exploring where the analogy fits and a number of
important differences. He shows how both presidents' styles
exacerbated their managerial weaknesses in these cases and the
limits of blame avoidance strategies. The book provides a
cautionary tale for future leaders to consider more carefully the
long-term consequences of satisfying their short term policy
desires by lifting the lid to any new Pandora's trap.
How important is presidential personality and leadership style in
foreign policy decisions? To answer this question, Thomas Preston
takes readers inside the Bush administration's decision-making
process and use of intelligence to better understand how
administration officials justified the Iraq War-and how they sought
to avoid blame for the consequences of their actions. Based on
extensive interviews with key Bush and Johnson administration
officials, Preston offers students of American foreign policy,
presidential decision making, the dynamics of blame avoidance, and
future practitioners with an in depth examination of how
presidential personality and leadership style impacted Bush's
central foreign policy failure. In addition, Preston looks
critically at the oft-cited comparisons of Iraq to Lyndon Johnson's
leadership during the Vietnam War, exploring where the analogy fits
and a number of important differences. He shows how both
presidents' styles exacerbated their managerial weaknesses in these
cases and the limits of blame avoidance strategies. Importantly,
the book provides a cautionary tale for future leaders to consider
more carefully the long-term consequences of satisfying their short
term policy desires by lifting the lid to any new Pandora's trap.
While many books discuss how nations can prevent the proliferation
of biological and nuclear weapons, this unique and controversial
volume begins with the premise that these weapons will certainly
multiply despite our desperate desire to slow this process. How
worried should we be and what should we do? In From Lambs to Lions,
Thomas Preston examines current trends in the proliferation of
nuclear and biological weapons capabilities, know-how, and
technologies for both state and non-state actors-and then projects
these trends over the coming ten to fifteen years to assess how
they might impact existing security relationships between states.
With a new preface to the paperback edition, Thomas Preston also
addresses the threat of biological and nuclear weapons
proliferation that faces the Obama administration. How might a
nuclear North Korea or Iran constrain U.S. freedom of action in its
foreign or military policies? How might U.S. security be impacted
by the current biotechnical revolution and spread of bioweapons
know-how to opponents? How might terror groups like Al Qaeda make
use of such weapons in future attacks against the United States or
its allies around the world? These are the central, most
fundamental questions facing American security policy over the
coming decades, and to ignore them is to put ourselves at risk for
new 9/11-style surprises. For answers, and for some potentially
surprising reassurances, this clear and informative book will be
invaluable.
While many books discuss how nations can prevent the proliferation
of biological and nuclear weapons, this unique and controversial
volume begins with the premise that these weapons will certainly
multiply despite our desperate desire to slow this process. How
worried should we be and what should we do? In From Lambs to Lions,
Thomas Preston examines current trends in the proliferation of
nuclear and biological weapons capabilities, know-how, and
technologies for both state and non-state actors-and then projects
these trends over the coming ten to fifteen years to assess how
they might impact existing security relationships between states.
With a new preface to the paperback edition, Thomas Preston also
addresses the threat of biological and nuclear weapons
proliferation that faces the Obama administration. How might a
nuclear North Korea or Iran constrain U.S. freedom of action in its
foreign or military policies? How might U.S. security be impacted
by the current biotechnical revolution and spread of bioweapons
know-how to opponents? How might terror groups like Al Qaeda make
use of such weapons in future attacks against the United States or
its allies around the world? These are the central, most
fundamental questions facing American security policy over the
coming decades, and to ignore them is to put ourselves at risk for
new 9/11-style surprises. For answers, and for some potentially
surprising reassurances, this clear and informative book will be
invaluable.
Few would argue that presidential policies and performance would
have been the same whether John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon became
president in 1960, or if Jimmy Carter instead of Ronald Reagan had
won the White House in 1980. Indeed, in recent elections, the
character, prior policy experience, or personalities of candidates
have played an increasing role in our assessments of their "fit"
for the Oval Office. Further, these same characteristics are often
used to explain an administration's success or failure in policy
making. Obviously, who the president is -- and what he is like --
matters.
This book, a new approach to the study of the personal
presidency, links the characteristics of six modern American
presidents -- their personalities and their prior policy-making
experience -- to their leadership styles, advisory arrangements,
and decision making in the White House. Thomas Preston uses M. G.
Hermann's Personality Assessment-at-a-Distance (PAD) profiling
technique, as well as exhaustive archival research and interviews
with former advisors, to develop a leadership style typology. He
then compares his model's expectations against the actual policy
record of six past presidents, using foreign policy episodes: Korea
(1950) for Truman, Dien Bien Phu (1954) for Eisenhower, Cuba (1962)
for Kennedy, Vietnam (1967-68) for Johnson, the Gulf War (1990-91)
for Bush, and North Korea/Haiti/Bosnia (1994-95) for Clinton.
Contemporary societies are increasingly crisis-prone, and crises
have profound implications for the rapidly changing political,
economic, and social landscape. Crises pose major challenges to
governments, communities, leaders, and organizations. The Oxford
Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis provides a comprehensive overview
of the rapidly emerging and evolving field of crisis studies and
explores its connection to several relevant neighboring fields of
knowledge. Crises are complex, unfold in diverse political and
socio-technical contexts, and must be studied and understood from
multiple angles and disciplinary perspectives. This Encyclopedia
brings together contributions by experts from political science,
public administration, management, international relations, public
health, sociology, economics, media and mass communications, the
law, and many other fields to explore important theoretical,
methodological, empirical, and practical issues related to crisis
and crisis management. Articles focus on concepts (crisis as well
as closely related concepts such as emergency, disaster,
resilience, security etc.), contingencies (natural hazards, major
accidents, pandemics, terrorism, social and political conflict
among many others), historical and contemporary cases, classic and
cutting edge research methods, different "phases" of the
crisis/emergency management cycle, as well as documenting a wide
range of pitfalls and good practices that can help to forewarn and
forearm current and future crisis managers. The 84 essays in this
Encyclopedia fall into six main categories: Theory, Concepts,
Metatheory and Methodology, Crisis Governance and Regional
Perspectives, Bridging Gaps, and Cases & the Evolving
Socio-Technical Context. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis
is a key reference for anyone involved in the study, research, or
practice of crisis and emergency analysis and management.
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