Psychoanalyzing Presidents Without a Couch: Lessons from the William J. Clinton and George W. Bush Presidencies

In this paper I address the usefulness of the psychoanalytic framework in studying U.S. presidents and by implication political leaders more generally.1 I ask why such a framework is important for studying political leaders before I proceed to how it might be done—or at least how I have found it use...

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Main Author: Renshon, Stanley A.
Format: Working Paper
Published: Center for Public Leadership 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55926