ABSTRACT
The preceding chapters have developed a number of important concepts, theories, and analytical frameworks in political psychology. We can now turn to an examination of important topics in political psychology, and we begin with a look at leaders. In this chapter, aspects of personality, cognition, and small-group behavior, all considered in depth in the previous chapters, are brought together to explore political leaders’ management and leadership styles. We begin with a consideration of types of leaders, then explore a number of analytical frameworks. The case of President Bill Clinton is used to illustrate the concepts in leader analysis. The Political Being considered in this chapter is, of course, a leader. The elements of the Political Being of interest in this chapter are personality, cognition, emotion, and also the interaction with us, that is, political in-groups in the form of advisors.
