NEW PALTZ — The Department of Political Science and International Relations will host a visit to SUNY New Paltz by Professor Fred Greenstein of the Department of Politics at Princeton University on Monday, March 26.
The title of Professor Greenstein’s talk is “Presidential Leadership: How Does George W. Bush Compare with his Predecessors?”
Professor Greenstein is a scholar of the American presidency, with a special interest in political psychology and the personality characteristics that affect presidential leadership. His most recent book, “The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton,” New York: Free Press, 2000, identifies six central qualities that are necessary to successful presidential leadership, and he evaluates each of the modern presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. He has updated his work in a March 2001 article that applies his theory to President George W. Bush.
Copies of his book are on sale in the Campus Bookstore, and will also be available for purchase and signing at the event.
This lecture will be held in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium (bottom level) from 3:30-5 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
