Personality and Politics

Psychological Antecedents of Adolescent Political Involvement: Personal Competence and Political Behavior

“…Put directly, we do not conceptualize the adolescent's political involvement as being 79 the sole function of his personality writ large. We believe that such a perspective represents a form of psychological reductionism, for it places too much of an emphasis on the psychological determinants of political behavior (Greenstein, 1969;pp. 19-20).…”

“…In some cases the objection centers on the argument that situational factors are such crucial determinants of political behavior that they effectively negate the effects of the individual's personality (Greenstein, 1969;pp. 46-56).…”

“…46-56). In other cases it is argued that the impact of social characteristics such as education is so pervasive that they clearly overshadow the minimal effects of personal factors (Greenstein, 1969;pp. 36-40).…”

After the Midterm Ordeal: Election Results and Presidential Belief Systems

“…However, reference to leadership styles and personalities also has a long history in more general presidential studies research. James David Barber's Presidential Character (1972), now it its 4th edition (1992), has long been part of the presidential studies canon while more recent multileader analyses by Greenstein (1989), Renshon (1996), and George and George (1998) have supplemented innumerable case studies and psychobiographies of the presidents. We argue that the more extensively developed and systemic leadership analysis techniques available today should not be restricted solely to the realm of foreign policy.…”

State and Society in Papua New Guinea : The First Twenty-Five Years

“…The personality-and-politics literature is well reviewed in Greenstein (1969Greenstein ( , 1975. There is also an extensive bibliography in Hermann (1977).…”