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The contemporary American president
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Publisher
Pearson
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - 1st ed.
Preface
The Concerns of This Book
Difficulties in Studying the Presidency
Notes
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Selection Process
Presidential Selection: A Historical Overview
The Nominating Function
Who Contends? Who Is Nominated?
Legal Criteria
Informal Criteria
Criticisms of the Presidential Nominating Process
The Problem of Length
Frontloading and the Rush to Judgment
The Problem of Quality Control
Proposals for Change
Primary/Caucus Clusterings
National Primary
Party Elite Selection
The General Election and the Electoral College Filter
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 2. The President and Foreign Affairs
Some General Considerations: The Two Presidencies
The War-Making Power
The Intent of the Founders
Presidential War
Congress Reacts: The War Powers Resolution
The War Powers Resolution in Action
Treaties and Executive Agreements
Executive Agreements
Congress Reacts: The Case Act (1972)
The CIA and Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid and Trade
The Swing of the Pendulum
Notes
Chapter 3. The President and Congress
The President and Congress: A Strained Relationship
Separation of Powers
Structure of Congress
Different Constituencies
Erosion of Support
Lessening or Worsening the Antagonism: Intervening Factors
Nature of the Times
Public Prestige
Legislative Leadership Style
Party Control
The Ascendancy of the President as Legislator
Congressional Reassertion
Tools and Tactics of Presidential Persuasion
Status Conferral
Legislative Assistance
Programs, Projects, and Patronage
Campaign Assistance
Appeal to the Public
The Veto Power
The Quest for Information: The President, Congress, and Executive Privilege
The Ultimate Confrontation: Impeachment
The Impeachment Process
Impeachable Offenses
The Impeachment Instrument: An Assessment
Conclusion: The Politics of Deadlock
Proposals for Change
Notes
Chapter 4. President, Public, and Press
Public Attitudes toward the Office: Pre-Watergate
The Importance of the Office
The Office as an Object of Trust and Respect
Attitudes about the Power of the Presidency
The Public's Attitudes toward the Individual
The Inevitable Decline in Support
The Interplay of Public Attitudes toward the Individual and the Office: The Case of Watergate
Presidential Efforts to Influence Public Opinion
The Media as Facilitators of Presidential Influence
The Media as Complicators of Presidential Influence
An Antipresidency Bias
Possible Consequences of Media Negativism
Presidential Responses
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 5. The President and the Bureaucracy
The Power of Appointment
Kinds of Choices
Number of Choices
Federal Regulatory Agencies
Political Appointees: The Problem of "Going Native,"
Political Appointees: The Problem of Getting Them in Place
Reorganization
On the Need to Reorganize
Difficulties of Reorganization
Central Clearance
The End Run
Other Limitations on Presidential Control
Size and Complexity
Lack of Clarity in Presidential Intent
Attempts at Greater Control over the Bureaucracy: The Cases of Nixon, Reagan, and G. W. Bush
Nixon
A Change in Approach
The Results
Reagan
The Results
G.W. Bush
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 6. Decision Making in the White House
The Participants
The Cabinet
Cabinet Member Influence
The Executive Office of the President
National Security Council
National Security Advisor/Staff
Council of Economic Advisers
Office of Management and Budget
Domestic Policy Council
National Economic Council
The White House Staff
The White House Staff and the Problem of Presidential Isolation
Staff Organization
Staff Attitudes toward the President
The President's Attitude toward Staff
Outside Advisers
Notes
Chapter 7. Five Cases in Presidential Decision Making
Five Cases in Presidential Decision Making
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)
The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
The Iran-Contra Affair (1986)
The Second Iraq War (2003)
Shoe Import Quotas (1977)
Maximizing the Flow of Information to the President
Notes
Chapter 8. The Presidency and Emergency Powers
The Founders, the Constitution, and Emergency Powers
On the Necessity for Emergency Powers
On the Necessity for Safeguards
Essential Safeguards
Emergency Powers and the Courts
Congressional Action on Emergencies
The Attack on 9/11
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 9. Personality and the Presidency
Conditions Conducive to the Expression of Personality
Analysis of Presidential Personality
Barber's Analysis
Lyndon Johnson as an Active-Negative
Johnson's Youth
Johnson Enters Politics
Worldview and Style
The Johnson Presidency
Richard Nixon as an Active-Negative
Nixon's Youth
Nixon Enters Politics
Worldview and Style
The Nixon Presidency
Franklin Roosevelt as an Active-Positive
Roosevelt's Youth
Entry into Politics; Worldview and Style
The Roosevelt Presidency
Ronald Reagan as an Imperfect Passive-Positive
Reagan's Youth
Worldview and Style
The Reagan Presidency
Personality Qualities Suitable to the Presidency
The Case of Jimmy Carter
Predicting Presidential Personalities
Notes
Chapter 10. Presidential Leadership
Evaluating Presidential Leadership: The Problems
Achievement Is in the Eye of the Beholder
The Situational Problem
The Problem of Perspective
The Matter of Unanticipated Consequences
Achievement versus Agenda Setting
The Matter of Who Gets Credit
Qualities of Leadership
Empathy with the Public
An Ability to Communicate
Credibility
A Sense of Timing
Courage
Decisiveness
Vision
Flexibility
A Sense for Power
Conclusion
Notes
Chapter 11. The Vice Presidency
Vice-Presidential Selection
Reforming Vice-Presidential Selection
The Problem of Vice-Presidential Responsibilities
Constitutional and Statutory Responsibilities
Presidential Assignments
The Carter-Mondale Precedent
Reagan and Bush
Bush and Quayle
The Clinton-Gore Precedent
The Cheney Vice Presidency
Notes
Index
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