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010 $a 2011017981
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050 00 $aJC330.3$b.P8 2011
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245 04 $aThe psychology of politicians /$cedited by Ashley Weinberg.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
263 $a1210
300 $ap. cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aThe psychology of politicians / Ashley Weinberg -- Part I. Becoming politicians. Recruiting politicians: designing competency based selection for UK parliamentary candidates / Jo Silvester; Politicians and power: MPs in the UK parliament / Richard Kwiatkowski -- Part II. Being at the centre of things. How politicians function in their job: what makes a successful politician? the social skills of politics / Peter Bull; Cognitive skills and motivation to adapt to social change among Polish politicians / Agnieszka Golec de Zavala; Political leadership and its development / Jean Hartley -- Part III. Coping with pressure? Should the job of national politician carry a government health warning? the impact of psychological strain on politicians / Ashley Weinberg; When cognitions reach boiling point: the impact of denial and avoidance by policy-makers during a foreign policy crisis / Max V. Metselaar -- Part IV. People as politicians. The political side of personality / Gianvittorio Caprara, Michele Vecchione and Claudio Barbaranelli; Where red dictators coexist with promising democrats: The conceptualization of politicians in post-communist Ukraine / Pavlo D. Frolov, Olha V. Petrunko and Dmitriy V. Poznyak.
650 0 $aPoliticians$xPsychology.
650 0 $aPoliticians$xPsychology$vCase studies.
650 0 $aPolitical leadership$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aPolitical leadership$xPsychological aspects$vCase studies.
700 1 $aWeinberg, Ashley.