Understanding the presidency /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Pearson,
[2013]
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| Edition: | 7th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Section 1. Constitutional origins of the presidency. James Madison to Thomas Jefferson / James Madison ; Federalist No. 69 / Alexander Hamilton ; Federalist No. 70 / Alexander Hamilton ; To the citizens of the State of New York / George Clinton ; Reevaluating the Electoral College / James P. Pfiffner
- Section 2. Historical perspectives on the presidency. The strict constructionist presidency / William Howard Taft ; The stewardship presidency / Theodore Roosevelt ; The public presidency / Woodrow Wilson ; The prerogative presidency / Abraham Lincoln ; The presidency in the political order / Stephen Skowronek
- Section 3. Selecting presidents : campaigns, elections, and mandates. Nomination politics, party unity, and presidential elections / James E. Campbell ; A high speed chase : presidential aspirants and the nomination process / Lara M. Brown ; The changing dynamics of presidential election fundraising: from 2008 to an early look at the 2012 election / Gregory Fortelny, Peter L. Francia, and Clyde Wilcox ; The magnitude of the 2008 Democratic victory : by the numbers / James Ceaser and Daniel DiSalvo ; The myth of presidential mandate / Robert A. Dahl ; Changing tides : public opinion, campaigns, and governance, 2004-2012 / Roger H. Davidson
- Section 4. The public presidency : press, media, and public approval. The "permanent campaign" / Hugh Heclo ; Legislative success and political failure : the public's reaction to Barak Obama's early presidency / Gary Jacobson ; The presidency and image management : discipline in pursuit of illusion / Jeremy D. Mayer ; The presidential pulpit : bully or baloney? / George C. Edwards, III
- Section 5. The institutional presidency. The White House staff / The President's Committee on Administrative Management (Brownlow Committee) ; The changing presidential office / Hugh Heclo ; Presidential appointments and the Office of Presidential Personnel / Bradley H. Patterson and James P. Pfiffner ; The administrative presidency, unilateral power, and the unitary executive theory / Richard W. Waterman
- Section 6. The separation of powers. Presidential relations with Congress / Roger H. Davidson ; The disappearing political center / Sarah A. Binder ; Presidents and the judicial appointments process / John Anthony Maltese ; The Tea Party at the election / Zachary Courser
- Section 7. Policy leadership. The presidential "hundred days" / Richard E. Neustadt ; Obama becomes president : policy development and leadership / John P. Burke ; Unilateral powers : a brief overview / William G. Howell ; Prerogative power and the war on terrorism / Richard Pious ; Decision making in the Obama White House / James P. Pfiffner
- Section 8. Commander-in-Chief and national security. Presidential power in national security / Louis Fisher ; Deference and defiance : the shifting rhythms of executive-legislative relations in foreign policy / James A. Lindsey ; Constraining executive power : George W. Bush and the Constitution / James P. Pfiffner ; The Commander in Chief and the courts / Jules Lobel ; President Obama's war in Libya / Louis Fisher
- Section 9. Evaluating presidents : greatness and abuse of power. Three crises of character in the modern presidency / James P. Pfiffner ; "If men were angels . . . ." : presidential leadership and accountability / Thomas E. Cronin and Michael A. Genovese ; Presidential character and judgment : Obama's Afghanistan and health care decisions / Stephen J. Wayne ; A new imperial presidency? / Andrew Rudalevige.