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Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making

by: EDWARDS/WAYNE

Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making

by: EDWARDS/WAYNE

ISBN 13:
9780312167394
ISBN 10:
0312167393
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/15/1998
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP: POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING is the most comprehensive and best-selling text in presidential studies available today. Using two models of leadership, Edwards and Wayne examine all facets of the presidential office in careful detail, using a perfect combination of analytical prose and illustrative examples.

Prologue

xvii

Preface

xxiii

Presidential Leadership: An Introduction

(21)

The Original Presidency

(4)

The Creation of the Institution

(2)

The Scope of Article II

(2)

The Evolution of the Presidency

(5)

Policy-Making Roles

(2)

Organizational Structure

(2)

Public Dimensions

(1)

Problems of Contemporary Leadership

(3)

Orientation and Organization of This Book

(6)

Thinking about Leadership: Two Perspectives

(2)

Conceptual Focus

(2)

A Preview

(1)

Selected Reading

(1)

Notes

(1)

The Nomination Process

(32)

The Evolution of the System

(3)

Changes in the Political Arena

(12)

Party Reforms

(2)

Campaign Finance

(5)

Public Relations

(5)

The Quest for the Nomination

(5)

Hot-Button Issue: Public Indifference

(4)

The National Conventions

(6)

The Clinton Presidency: Contrasting Strategies in 1992 and 1996

(1)

Public Dimensions

(2)

Official Business

(1)

Characteristics of the Nominees

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Web Exercises

(1)

Selected Reading

(1)

Notes

(2)

The Presidential Election

(41)

The Strategic Environment

(16)

The Electoral College

(4)

The Polity

(7)

Financial Considerations

(1)

News Coverage

(1)

Hot-Button Issue: Campaign Finance Reform

(3)

The Presidential Campaign

(12)

Creating an Organization

(2)

Designing an Image

(1)

Projecting a Partisan Appeal

(1)

Building a Winning Coalition

(1)

The Clinton Presidency: Running for Reelection

(1)

Media Tactics

(5)

The Meaning of the Election

(8)

Polling the People

(1)

Analyzing the Results

(2)

Assessing the Mandate

(3)

Converting the Electoral Coalition for Governance

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Web Exercises

(1)

Selected Reading

(1)

Notes

(2)

The President and the Public

(49)

Understanding Public Opinion

(5)

Americans' Opinions

(1)

Public Opinion Polls

(2)

Presidential Election Results

(1)

Mail from the Public

(1)

Acting Contrary to Public Opinion

100

(1)

Public Expectations of the President

101

(7)

High Expectations

102

(3)

Contradictory Expectations

105

(3)

Public Approval of the President

108

(12)

Party Identification

108

(1)

Positivity Bias

109

(2)

The Persistence of Approval

111

(1)

Long-Term Decline

112

(1)

Personality or Policy?

113

(2)

Personal Characteristics

115

(1)

Hot-Button Issue: Why Is Bill Clinton So Popular (When No One Seems to Like Him)?

115

(1)

Issues

116

(3)

Rally Events

119

(1)

Leading the Public

120

(17)

Direct Opinion Leadership

120

(4)

The Clinton Presidency: Bill Clinton and the Public Presidency

124

(2)

Information Control

126

(4)

The Use of Symbols

130

(3)

Public Relations

133

(4)

Conclusion

137

(1)

Discussion Questions

138

(1)

Web Exercises

138

(1)

Selected Reading

138

(1)

Notes

139

(5)

The President and the Media

144

(40)

The Evolution of Media Coverage

144

(3)

The Clinton Presidency: The President Assesses the Press

146

(1)

Relations between the President and the Press

147

(12)

The White House Press Corps

147

(1)

The Presidential Press Operation

148

(2)

The Presidential Press Conference

150

(3)

Services for the Press

153

(4)

Managing the News

157

(2)

Press Coverage of the President

159

(12)

Leaks

159

(3)

Superficiality

162

(5)

Bias

167

(4)

Media Effects

171

(6)

Media Priming

172

(1)

Setting the Public's Agenda

172

(1)

Evaluations of the President

173

(1)

Limiting the President's Options

174

(1)

Hot-Button Issue: The Rush to Judgment

174

(1)

Undermining the President

175

(2)

Limits on Media Effects

177

(1)

Conclusion

177

(1)

Discussion Questions

178

(1)

Web Exercises

179

(1)

Selected Reading

179

(1)

Notes

180

(4)

The President's Office

184

(34)

Organizing Executive Advice

185

(9)

The Evolution of the Cabinet

185

(3)

The Development of Cabinet Councils

188

(1)

The Creation of a Presidential Bureaucracy

188

(2)

Consequences of Structural Change

190

(4)

Providing a Presidential Staffing System

194

(13)

The Early Years

194

(1)

The Personalized White House, 1939 to 1960

195

(1)

The Institutionalized White House, 1960 to the Present

196

(4)

The Clinton Presidency: Staffing Trials and Tribulations

200

(4)

Trends in White House Staffing

204

(1)

Hot-Button Issue: The Privacy of Internal Communications

205

(1)

Evaluating the Staffing System: Spokes of the Wheel versus Central Management

206

(1)

The Growth of the Vice Presidency

207

(4)

The President's Spouse

211

(2)

Conclusion

213

(1)

Discussion Questions

214

(1)

Web Exercises

215

(1)

Selected Reading

215

(1)

Notes

216

(2)

Presidential Decision Making

218

(32)

Previous Commitments

219

(1)

Time Constraints

220

(1)

Organization and Style of Decision Making

221

(8)

White House Organization

221

(2)

The Clinton Presidency: Getting a New Chief of Staff

223

(1)

The Form of Advice

224

(2)

Multiple Advocacy

226

(2)

Presidential Involvement

228

(1)

Relationships with Advisers

229

(7)

Disagreeing with the President

229

(2)

Discouraging Advice

231

(2)

Groupthink

233

(1)

Staff Rivalries

233

(1)

Loss of Perspective

234

(1)

Role Conceptions

234

(1)

Hot-Button Issue: What Difference Does the Decision-Making Process Make?

235

(1)

Bureaucratic Politics and Decision Making

236

(10)

Organizational Parochialism

236

(2)

Maintaining the Organization

238

(2)

Organizational and Personal Influence

240

(2)

Bureaucratic Structure

242

(4)

Conclusion

246

(1)

Discussion Questions

246

(1)

Web Exercises

247

(1)

Selected Reading

247

(1)

Notes

248

(2)

The Psychological Presidency

250

(33)

Qualifications for Office

251

(1)

Social and Political Background

252

(1)

Physical Attributes and General Health

253

(4)

Psychological Orientation

257

(10)

Presidential Character

257

(5)

Hot-Button Issue: How Important Is Character?

262

(2)

The Clinton Presidency: The Impact of Personality Traits on Performance in Office

264

(3)

Cognitive Dimensions

267

(6)

Impact of Worldviews

268

(1)

Managing Inconsistency

269

(4)

Presidential Style

273

(2)

White House Staff Relationships

275

(2)

Conclusion

277

(1)

Discussion Questions

278

(1)

Web Exercises

279

(1)

Selected Reading

279

(1)

Notes

280

(3)

The President and the Executive Branch

283

(40)

Implementation Problems

285

(1)

Lack of Attention to Implementation

285

(2)

Communication of Presidential Decisions

287

(7)

Transmission

287

(1)

The Clinton Presidency: The National Performance Review

288

(3)

Clarity

291

(2)

Consistency

293

(1)

Resources

294

(7)

Money

294

(1)

Staff

295

(3)

Authority

298

(2)

Hot-Button Issue: The Use of Executive Orders to Bypass Congress

300

(1)

Facilities and Equipment

300

(1)

Dispositions

301

(8)

Staffing the Bureaucracy

303

(5)

Incentives

308

(1)

The Bureaucratic Structure

309

(5)

Standard Operating Procedures

309

(2)

Fragmentation

311

(3)

Follow-Up

314

(4)

Conclusion

318

(1)

Discussion Questions

319

(1)

Web Exercises

319

(1)

Selected Reading

320

(1)

Notes

321

(2)

The President and Congress

323

(46)

Formal Legislative Powers

323

(2)

Sources of Conflict between the Executive and Legislative Branches

325

(3)

Constituencies

325

(1)

Internal Structures

326

(2)

Information and Expertise

328

(1)

Party Leadership

328

(13)

Party Support of the President

329

(3)

Leading the Party

332

(9)

Public Support

341

(3)

Public Approval

341

(2)

Mandates

343

(1)

Presidential Legislative Skills

344

(15)

Congressional Liaison

344

(3)

Personal Appeals

347

(1)

Bargaining

348

(2)

Services and Amenities

350

(1)

Pressure

351

(1)

Consultation

352

(2)

Setting Priorities

354

(1)

Moving Fast

355

(1)

Structuring Choice

356

(1)

The Clinton Presidency: Bill Clinton Tries to Define Himself

357

(1)

The Context of Influence

358

(1)

The Impact of Legislative Skills

358

(1)

The Veto

359

(4)

Hot-Button Issue: The Line-Item Veto

361

(2)

Conclusion

363

(2)

Discussion Questions

365

(1)

Web Exercises

366

(1)

Selected Reading

366

(1)

Notes

367

(2)

The President and the Judiciary

369

(31)

Judicial Selection

370

(11)

Selection of Lower-Court Judges

370

(2)

Backgrounds of Lower-Court Judges

372

(3)

Selection of Supreme Court Justices

375

(4)

Characteristics of Justices

379

(2)

President-Supreme Court Relations

381

(7)

Molding the Court

382

(1)

The Clinton Presidency: Clinton Decides Not to Pack the Courts

383

(2)

Arguments in the Courts

385

(2)

Enforcing Court Decisions

387

(1)

Other Relationships

387

(1)

Complying with the Court

388

(6)

Presidential Compliance

389

(1)

Hot-Button Issue: Is the President Immune from Private Lawsuits?

390

(2)

Deference to the President

392

(2)

Judicial Powers

394

(1)

Conclusion

395

(1)

Discussion Questions

396

(1)

Web Exercises

396

(1)

Selected Reading

397

(1)

Notes

397

(3)

Domestic Policy Making

400

(33)

The Development of a Policy Role

401

(4)

Institutionalizing Presidential Initiatives

402

(1)

Changing Policy Environment

403

(2)

The Office of Management and Budget and the Executive Branch

405

(6)

Exercising Central Clearance

406

(1)

Coordinating Executive Advice

407

(2)

Reviewing Agency Regulations

409

(1)

Presenting an Annual Program

410

(1)

The Domestic Policy Office and the White House

411

(3)

Structural Orientation

413

(1)

Stylistic Differences

414

(1)

Strategies for Policy Making

414

(15)

Accommodating External Forces

415

(2)

The Clinton Presidency: The Health Care Fiasco

417

(3)

Building a Policy Agenda

420

(5)

Hot-Button Issue: The President's Tobacco Plan Goes Up in Smoke

425

(4)

Conclusion

429

(1)

Discussion Questions

430

(1)

Web Exercises

430

(1)

Selected Reading

430

(1)

Notes

431

(2)

Budgetary and Economic Policy Making

433

(40)

The Federal Budget

434

(11)

The Battle of the Budget: President versus Congress

439

(6)

The Budget Makers

445

(8)

The President

445

(1)

Hot-Button Issue: What Should Be Done with the Budget Surplus?

446

(1)

The Office of Management and Budget

447

(3)

The Executive Departments and Agencies

450

(1)

The Congress

451

(2)

Presidential Leadership and the Budget

453

(2)

Domestic Economic Policy Making

455

(2)

Foreign Economic Policy Making

457

(2)

Economic Policy Makers

459

(4)

The Department of the Treasury

459

(1)

The Federal Reserve Board

460

(1)

The Council of Economic Advisers

460

(2)

The Office of Management and Budget

462

(1)

International Economic Advisers

462

(1)

The Coordination of Economic Advice

463

(2)

The Politics of Economic Policy Making

465

(4)

The Clinton Presidency: Economic Decision Making in 1993

466

(3)

Conclusion

469

(1)

Discussion Questions

470

(1)

Web Exercises

470

(1)

Selected Reading

471

(1)

Notes

472

(1)

Foreign and Defense Policy Making

473

(30)

Constitutional and Statutory Authority

474

(11)

The Original Design

474

(1)

The Exercise of Powers

475

(9)

The Clinton Presidency: Dispatching U.S. Forces to Haiti

484

(1)

The Expansion of a Policy-Making Role

485

(8)

Incentives for Presidential Leadership

485

(3)

Policy Goals and Presidential Success: The Two Presidencies Thesis

488

(3)

Hot-Button Issue: Fast Track Derailed

491

(2)

The Development of an Advisory System

493

(4)

The Executive Departments

493

(2)

The National Security Council

495

(1)

The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs

496

(1)

Assessing the Advisory System

497

(1)

Conclusion

498

(1)

Discussion Questions

499

(1)

Web Exercises

500

(1)

Selected Reading

501

(1)

Notes

502

(1)

Appendix A Studying the Presidency

503

(14)

Appendix B Nonelectoral Succession, Removal, and Tenure

517

(4)

Appendix C Provisions of the Constitution of the United States That Relate to the Presidency

521

(8)

Appendix D The Politics of Impeachment: Arguments for and against the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton

529

(4)

Index

533

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