Psychological Assessment of Presidential Candidates

Name: Psychological Assessment of Presidential Candidates
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Looking back over the last quarter of the 20th-century, Stanley Renshon provides a comprehensive account of how the issue of character has come to dominate presidential campaigns. He traces two related but distinctive approaches to a candidate's psychology: mental health and character. > Looking back over the past 25 years, Stanley Renshon explores how the issue of character has come to dominate presidential campaigns. Drawing on his clinical and political science training, Renshon has devised a theory which allows the public to evaluate the qualities of presidential candidates. > Introduction: Does the President's Character Still Matter?; I: ? Part I The Concept of Psychological Suitability; 1: ? The Psychological Suitability of Presidents in an Era of Doubt; 2: ? Assessing the Psychological Suitability of Presidential Candidates: Ethical and Theoretical Dilemmas; II: ? PART V Assessing the Psychological Health of Presidential Candidates; 3: ? Psychological Health and Presiden.