Understanding the presidency

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Understanding the presidency

edited by James P. Pfiffner, Roger H. Davidson

Pearson Longman, c2007

4th ed

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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 today, and (2) to present the most important current issues that are shaping the Bush administration and the presidency. This collection of readings offers students a combination of "classic" scholarly analyses, the best of current scholarship, and engaging insights into the nature of the contemporary presidency.

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Preface Section 1 Constitutional Origins of the Presidency 1 Reading 1 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson James Madison Reading 2 Federalist No. 69 Alexander Hamilton Reading 3 Federalist No. 70 Alexander Hamilton Reading 4 Constitutional Qualifications for President Michael Nelson Reading 5 Reevaluating the Electoral College James P. Pfiffner Section 2 Historical Perspectives on the Presidency Reading 6 The Strict Constructionist Presidency William Howard Taft Reading 7 The Stewardship Presidency Theodore Roosevelt Reading 8 The Public Presidency Woodrow Wilson Reading 9 The Prerogative Presidency Abraham Lincoln Reading 10 Toward a Modern Presidency Fred I. Greenstein Reading 11 The Presidency in the Political Order Stephen Skowronek Section 3 Selecting Presidents: Campaigns, Elections, and Mandates Reading 12 Nomination Politics, Party Unity, and Presidential Elections James E. Campbell Reading 13 Campaigning for Cash Amid Chaos? Louis Dezseran and Clyde Wilcox Reading 14 Party Favors Robert B. Reich Reading 15 The Presidential Election of 2000 Gerald M. Pomper Reading 16 The Presidential "Hundred Days" Richard E. Neustadt Reading 17 The Myth of Presidential Mandate Robert A. Dahl Reading 18 Presidential Campaigning and Presidential Governance: The Case of 2004 Roger H. Davidson READING 19 The "Permanent Campaign" Hugh Heclo Section 4 The Public Presidency: Press, Media, and Public Approval Reading 20 The Press and the Presidency Mark J. Rozell Reading 21 The Presidency and Image Management Jeremy D. Mayer Reading 22 The Presidential Pulpit: Bully or Baloney? George C. Edwards, III Reading 23 Presidential Persuasion and Press Coverage of the War in Iraq Caroline Heldman Reading 24 Presidential Impeachment Politics Richard M. Pious Section 5 The Institutional Presidency Reading 25 The White House Staff The President's Committee on Administrative Management (Brownlow Committee) Reading 26 Can the President Manage the Government? James P. Pfiffner Reading 27 Locked in the Cabinet Robert B. Reich Reading 28 The Changing Presidential Office Hugh Heclo Reading 29 Bureaucracy in the American Constitutional Order Francis E. Rourke Reading 30 Presidential Appointments and the Office of Presidential Personnel Bradley H. Patterson and James P. Pfiffner Section 6 The Separation of Powers Reading 31 Presidential Relations with Congress Roger H. Davidson Reading 32 The Disappearing Political Center Sarah A. Binder Reading 33 Is the Separation of Powers Obsolete? Robert J. Spitzer Reading 34 Presidents and the Judicial Appointment Process John Anthony Maltese Section 7 Domestic Policy Leadership Reading 35 The Hundred Days Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Reading 36 The Power to Persuade Richard E. Neustadt Reading 37 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Robert D. Loevy Reading 38 Unilateral Powers: A Brief Overview William G. Howell Section 8 Commander-in-Chief and National Security Reading 39 Invitation to Struggle: The President, Congress, and National Security Louis Fisher Reading 40 Deference and Defiance: The Shifting Rhythms of Executive-Legislative Relations in Foreign Policy James A. Lindsey Reading 41 Demise of the War Clause David Mervin Reading 42 Iran-Contra: What Was Wrong Report of the President's Special Review Board READING 43 Condoleezza Rice as NSC Advisor John P. Burke Section 9 Evaluating Presidents: Greatness and Abuse of Power Reading 44 Three Crises of Character in the Modern Presidency James P. Pfiffner Reading 45 Being Liked and Being President Paul Brace and Barbara Hinckley Reading 46 "If Men Were Angels . . . .": Presidential Leadership and Accountability Thomas E. Cronin and Michael A. Genovese Reading 47 The Transformation of the Bush Presidency James P. Pfiffner

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