A study on presidential leadership of the performance of state affairs: Based on the comparison of Park, Chung-Hee and Kim, Dae-Jung`s leadership

The defeat of the Dyer anti-lynching bill in 1922 was a turning point in relations between black Americans and the Republican Party. Little is understood, however, about the role played in the debates by President Warren Harding. This article contends that Harding's conflicted views on presidential leadership caused him to badly mishandle the bill. The President's inability to choose between a restrained and consensual “Whig” approach and a more active “stewardship” role on a wide range of issues resulted in an erratic and ultimately unsustainable style of leadership. The Dyer bill's failure was affected by this dilemma as the hopes of black and white reformers were alternately raised and dashed by Harding's apparent indecisiveness. Black resentment at the bill's ultimate defeat was thus heightened still further, with severe consequences for the Republican Party's long-term electoral relationship with black voters.

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Likeable? Effective Commander in Chief? Polling on Candidate Traits in the “Year of the Presidential Woman”

Political Science and Politics ◽

10.1017/s1049096508080980 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 41 (04) ◽

pp. 747-752 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Barbara Burrell

Keyword(s):

Presidential Leadership ◽

Gallup Poll ◽

The Government ◽

Commander In Chief

“Clinton Eclipses Obama and Edwards on Leadership” a Gallup Poll report headlined in January 2007. Gallup chose eight characteristics to determine this assessment, including being most qualified to be president, is the strongest leader, would be the best in a crisis, would manage the government most effectively, and would work the best with Congress. In a summary of its findings, the report concludes: “Among the characteristics and qualities tested, Clinton's strong points are almost uniformly related to presidential leadership. She holds a formidable lead on many items in this category, including being qualified to be president and being a strong leader” (Saad 2007).

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A Review of “Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal”

Congress & the Presidency ◽

10.1080/07343460902956520 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 214-216

Author(s):

Mel Laracey

Keyword(s):

Presidential Leadership ◽

Political Time

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An Old Right in New Bottles: State without Nation in South Korean New Right Historiography

The Journal of Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0021911821001443 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-21

Author(s):

Sungik Yang

Keyword(s):

Recent Change ◽

New Right ◽

Historical Narratives ◽

Right Wing ◽

The South ◽

Nationalist Discourse ◽

South Korean ◽

Park Chung Hee ◽

Korean State ◽

The Right

The New Right movement that arose in the early 2000s in South Korea was a response to a change in ownership of Korean nationalist discourse during the preceding decades. Although nationalism was the preserve of the South Korean right wing from the trusteeship crisis in 1945 through the end of the Park Chung Hee regime, a historiographical revolt in the 1980s that emphasized the historical illegitimacy of the South Korean state allowed the Left to appropriate nationalism. With the loss of nationalism from its arsenal, the Right turned to postnationalist neoliberal discourse to blunt the effectiveness of leftist nationalist rhetoric. An examination of New Right historiography on the colonial and postliberation periods, however, shows that despite the recent change in conservatives’ stance on nationalism, a preoccupation with the legitimacy of the South Korean state remains at the center of right-wing historical narratives. The New Right represents old wine in new bottles.

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