Researching the Presidency: Vital Questions, New Approaches

by George C. Edwards III (Editor), John H. Kessel, Bert A. Rockman (Editor)

This collection brings together two groups of scholars. The first, persons active in presidential research, assess the state of the literature in the recruitment and selection of presidential candidates, presidential personality, advisory networks, policy making, evaluations of presidents, and comparative analysis of chief executives.

A second group of scholars, specialists in cognitive psychology, formal theory, organization theory, leadership theory, institutionalism, and methodology, apply their expertise to the analysis of the presidentcy in an effort to generate innovative approaches to presidential research. By taking a fresh look at a well-established field, these groundbreaking essays encourage scholars to renew their emphasis on explanation in research.

512 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1993

Reviews

[Emmanouil Angelakis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book summarises the theory of the author about the origin of complex life. His preposition is very clear. And finally in the epilogue where he summarises the book hie accesses the probability of complex life to exist elsewhere in the universe.

I give five stars because if the topic and the theory that prof. Lane proposes. The book itself is not easy to follow. It often gets very technical and difficult to follow in detail if u are not in the field. I sense that the target audience were bio scientists.

Anyhow it is a mind blowing work. Strongly recommended for anyone interested in science. U have to read it in order to habe an impression of this theory. Especially important for those searching for life in the universe who very often reside in an annoyingly shallow argument “there are so many stars with so many planets in their habitable zones. Some of those must have life. “.