The Profile of Political Leaders

Archetypes of Ascendancy

Jaap van Ginneken (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 167 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-80582-5 (ISBN)

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By analysing a wide range of empirical research into leadership, this book provides a composite portrait of frequent characteristics, such as personality and demeanour, that influence both the success and popularity of political leaders. Through the lenses of mass psychology and collective behaviour sociology, the author offers fascinating observations on political leadership which reveal a coherent pattern. In our choice of and support for leaders, we still seem to be guided by unconscious or instinctive preferences. Evolutionary psychologists have labelled this 'CALP' for 'Cognitive Ancestral Leadership Prototype'. Length, symmetry, face form, voice pitch, eye blinking and more turn out to play a role - even today - alongside personality and style. Each chapter of the book offers a case study to illustrate these observations, including Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Boris Johnson. This book is accessibly written to appeal to students of politics, psychology and sociology, as well as the wider interested reader.

Jaap van Ginneken is Former Associate Professor of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has extensive experience in media and journalism and is the author of 24 books, 10 in English. His previous book The Psychology of Power was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.

Chapter 1: First Impressions of Leaders.- Chapter 2: Height and Posture.- Chapter 3: Name and Destiny.- Chapter 4: Limbs and Gestures.- Chapter 5: Personality and Traits.- Chapter 6: Face and Expressions.- Chapter 7: Style and Demeanour.- Chapter 8: Voice and Speech.- Chapter 9: Time and Place.- Chapter 10: Leaders from the Stone Age?.- Appendix.- Acknowledgments.- Index.- Author.

"Van Ginneken has produced a lively, easy to read, and relatively short book packed with data and illustrative vignettes. Anyone ... could read it and understand the message. Many, including those interested in most subfields of psychology, political science, sociology, history, and a range of humanities, would enjoy this work. It is highly relevant to most of us as individuals, because it talks about human factors that we are keenly or at least vaguely aware of about ourselves ... ." (Edward Cumella, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (50), December, 2016)

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 167 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	2454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Schlagworte	Altocracy • barack obama • Boris Johnson • Confidence in political leaders • Helle Thorning Schmidt • Leadership and charisma • Nicolas Sarkozy • Personality of leaders • Pim Fortuyn • Political Leadership • Political mobility • Political pyschology • Psychology of leaders • Ronald Reagan • State leaders
ISBN-10	3-319-80582-7 / 3319805827
ISBN-13	978-3-319-80582-5 / 9783319805825
Zustand	Neuware