Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Making Sense of Presidential Leadership -- 2 Identifying the Outstanding Leaders of the Americas -- 3 Historical Eras and Political Regimes in Eight American Republics -- 4 Leadership in the Wars of Independence and Their Aftermath -- 5 Presidential Leadership and National Consolidation -- 6 Presidential Leadership in the Era of State Development -- 7 Presidential Leadership in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization -- 8 Conclusion: The Transformational Presidents of the Americas -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

Using a comparative history approach, Presidential Leadership in the Americas since Independence analyzes the presidents and their ability to bring change to their polities, societies, and economies across four different periods: during and after independence; during national consolidation in the nineteenth century; the expansion of the state in the twentieth century; and the turn towards neoliberal globalization since the 1980s.

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