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Understanding the Presidency
ISBN: 9780205649877 | 0205649874
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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Updated with new readings on the war in Iraq, the war on terror, the frontloaded nomination process, and President Bush's place in history, the new edition of this popular reader gives students the analytical tools needed to make sense of the modern presidency and its relationship with other key players in our political system. The selections in this reader were chosen with two aims in mind: (1) to provide a historical perspective, so often neglected in similar texts, that explains how the events of the past two centuries led us to where we are... MORE
| Preface | p. ix |
| Constitutional Origins of the Presidency | p. 1 |
| James Madison to Thomas Jefferson | p. 6 |
| Federalist No. 69 | p. 8 |
| Federalist No. 70 | p. 11 |
| To the Citizens of the State of New York | p. 14 |
| Reevaluating the Electoral College | p. 19 |
| Historical Perspectives on the Presidency | p. 35 |
| The Strict Constructionist Presidency | p. 42 | ... MORE
| The Stewardship Presidency | p. 44 |
| The Public Presidency | p. 46 |
| The Prerogative Presidency | p. 49 |
| Toward a Modern Presidency | p. 51 |
| The Presidency in the Political Order | p. 55 |
| Selecting Presidents: Campaigns, Elections, and Mandates | p. 65 |
| Nomination Politics, Party Unity, and Presidential Elections | p. 71 |
| A High Speed Chase: Presidential Aspirants and the Nomination Process | p. 88 |
| Campaigning for Cash Amid Chaos? | p. 111 |
| The Presidential Election of 2000 | p. 128 |
| The Presidential "Hundred Days" | p. 136 |
| The Myth of Presidential Mandate | p. 141 |
| Presidential Campaigning and Presidential Governance: The Case of 2004 | p. 151 |
| The Public Presidency: Press, Media, and Public Approval | p. 167 |
| The "Permanent Campaign" | p. 172 |
| The Press and the Presidency | p. 179 |
| The Presidency and Image Management: Discipline in Pursuit of Illusion | p. 190 |
| The Presidential Pulpit: Bully or Baloney? | p. 202 |
| Presidential Persuasion and Press Coverage of the War in Iraq | p. 211 |
| The Institutional Presidency | p. 229 |
| The White House Staff | p. 232 |
| Can the President Manage the Government? | p. 234 |
| The Changing Presidential Office | p. 251 |
| Presidential Appointments and the Office of Presidential Personnel | p. 262 |
| The Separation of Powers | p. 273 |
| Presidential Relations with Congress | p. 276 |
| The Disappearing Political Center | p. 294 |
| Constraining Executive Power: George W. Bush and the Constitution | p. 299 |
| Presidents and the Judicial Appointment Process | p. 321 |
| Policy Leadership | p. 331 |
| The Hundred Days | p. 334 |
| The Power to Persuade | p. 341 |
| Unilateral Powers: A Brief Overview | p. 347 |
| Prerogative Power and the War on Terrorism | p. 362 |
| Commander-in-Chief and National Security | p. 381 |
| Invitation to Struggle: The President, Congress, and National Security | p. 384 |
| Deference and Defiance: The Shifting Rhythms of Executive-Legislative Relations in Foreign Policy | p. 395 |
| Iran-Contra: What Was Wrong | p. 412 |
| The Foreign Affairs Power and the Framers' Intentions | p. 424 |
| The Commander in Chief and the Courts | p. 431 |
| Condoleezza Rice as NSC Advisor | p. 442 |
| Evaluating Presidents: Greatness and Abuse of Power | p. 453 |
| Three Crises of Character in the Modern Presidency | p. 456 |
| "If Men Were Angels ....": Presidential Leadership and Accountability | p. 473 |
| The Worst President in History? | p. 479 |
| The Long View | p. 490 |
| A New Imperial Presidency? | p. 494 |
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