Date of Graduation
8-2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Political Science (MA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
Political Science
Advisor/Mentor
Andrew Dowdle
Committee Member
Margaret Reid
Second Committee Member
Todd Shields
Keywords
William Jefferson Clinton, Personality
Abstract
Since individual personality plays an important role in presidential decision-making (Barber, 1972), then understanding the setting that impacted the personality is an important component in any understanding of a president's personality. This study seeks to understand the setting that shaped the personality of William Jefferson Clinton. This case study was selected for two reasons: (1) there is a plethora of descriptive psycho-biographies of Clinton (Maraniss, 1995, Renshon 1996b, Post, 2006) and (2) there are oral history interviews from individuals who were part of Clinton's familial and childhood peer networks. The interviews used for this study are part of the Clinton History Project, a joint oral history study by the University of Arkansas and The Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
Citation
Sebold, K. (2008). How the Social Context of Bill Clinton's Childhood Shaped his Personality: Using Oral History Interviews of his Childhood Peers and Relatives. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2485
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