Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world the psychology of political behavior /
Post, Jerrold M.
Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world the psychology of political behavior / [Texte imprimé] : Jerrold M. Post ; with a foreword by Alexander L. George - Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2004 - 1 vol. (xvii-302 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm - Psychoanalysis and social theory . - Psychoanalysis and social theory (Cornell University Press, Ithaca) .
Index
Bibliogr. p. [281]-291
9/11, the explosive force of personality and political behavior -- When personality affects political behavior -- The psychopolitics of illness in high office -- Terminal leadership, effects of mortal illness on political behavior -- The impact of crisis-induced stress on policy makers -- The mind of the terrorist -- The loss of enemies: fragmenting identities and ethnic/nationalist hatred in Eastern Europe -- Hate-mongering leaders in the former Yugoslavia: Radovan Karadzic and Slobodan Milosevic -- Narcissism and the charismatic leader-follower relationship -- Fidel Castro, aging revolutionary leader of an aging revolution -- Saddam Hussein, "Saddam is Iraq, Iraq is Saddam" -- Kim Jong II of North Korea, in the shadow of his father -- Concluding observations
0801441692 9780801441691
Political leadership Politicians Heads of state
320.019
Leaders and their followers in a dangerous world the psychology of political behavior / [Texte imprimé] : Jerrold M. Post ; with a foreword by Alexander L. George - Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2004 - 1 vol. (xvii-302 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm - Psychoanalysis and social theory . - Psychoanalysis and social theory (Cornell University Press, Ithaca) .
Index
Bibliogr. p. [281]-291
9/11, the explosive force of personality and political behavior -- When personality affects political behavior -- The psychopolitics of illness in high office -- Terminal leadership, effects of mortal illness on political behavior -- The impact of crisis-induced stress on policy makers -- The mind of the terrorist -- The loss of enemies: fragmenting identities and ethnic/nationalist hatred in Eastern Europe -- Hate-mongering leaders in the former Yugoslavia: Radovan Karadzic and Slobodan Milosevic -- Narcissism and the charismatic leader-follower relationship -- Fidel Castro, aging revolutionary leader of an aging revolution -- Saddam Hussein, "Saddam is Iraq, Iraq is Saddam" -- Kim Jong II of North Korea, in the shadow of his father -- Concluding observations
0801441692 9780801441691
Political leadership Politicians Heads of state
320.019