The presidency and the political system

Author(s)

• Nelson, Michael

Bibliographic Information

The presidency and the political system

Michael Nelson, editor

CQ Press, c2014

10th ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Editor Michael Nelson, a well-known, well-respected presidency scholar, offers contextual head-notes introducing each essay. Essays cover approaches to studying the presidency, elements of presidential power, presidential selection, presidents and politics, and presidents and government.

Table of Contents

Preface Contributors PART I. APPROACHES TO THE PRESIDENCY 1. The Two Constitutional Presidencies - Jeffrey K. Tulis 2. Studying the Presidency: Why Presidents Need Political Scientists - Lyn Ragsdale PART II. ELEMENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER 3. The Development of Presidential Power: Conservative Insurgency and Constitutional Construction - Stephen Skowronek 4. The Presidency in History: Leading from the Eye of the Storm - Marc Landy, Sidney M. Milkis 5. Presidential Competence - Paul J. Quirk 6. The Psychological Presidency - Michael Nelson PART III. PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION 7. The Presidency and the Nominating Process: Aspirants, Parties, and Selections - Lara M. Brown 8. The Faulty Premises of the Electoral College - George C. Edwards III PART IV. PRESIDENTS AND POLITICS 9. The Presidential Spectacle - Bruce Miroff 10. The Presidency and the Media: Two Faces of Democracy - Elvin T. Lim 11. The Presidency and Interest Groups: Allies, Adversaries, and Policy Leadership - Daniel J. Tichenor 12. The Presidency and Political Parties - Sidney Milkis PART V. PRESIDENTS AND GOVERNMENT 13. The Institutional Presidency - John P. Burke 14. The Presidency and the Bureaucracy: The Levers of Presidential Control - David E. Lewis, Terry M. Moe 15. The President and Congress - Matthew J. Dickinson 16. The Presidency and the Judiciary - David A. Yalof 17. The Presidency and Unilateral Power: A Taxonomy - Andrew Rudalevige Part VI. PRESIDENTS AND PUBLIC POLICY 18. The Three Presidencies: Power and Policy - Roger B. Porter 19. The Presidency at War: The Window of Agency in Wartime Presidential Leadership - Andrew J. Polsky Index

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• NCID: BB19096571
• ISBN:
  • 9781452240435
• LCCN: 2013027240
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Los Angeles
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 565 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JK516
  • DC23 : 352.230973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Presidents -- United States