The provisional pulpit modern presidential leadership of public opinion / Brandon Rottinghaus.
| Author/creator | Rottinghaus, Brandon, 1977- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | College Station : Texas A&M University Press, |
| Description | xx, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books Political Science and Policy Studies 2010 Subject Collection |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered) ^A606477 |
| Contents | Questions and quandaries of presidential leadership -- The constrained presidency: a conditional theory of presidential leadership -- Presidential (non-) leadership of public opinion -- Successful presidential leadership of public opinion -- Case studies of successful leadership (domestic policy) -- Nixon implements wage and price controls -- Reagan and the negotiation over the budget -- Clinton and the budget debate -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (domestic policy) -- Kennedy's Medicare proposal -- Ford attempts to 'whip inflation now' -- Reagan 'reforms' social security -- Case studies of successful leadership (foreign policy) -- Evolution of Johnson's Vietnam policy -- Carter on the Panama Canal treaties -- Bush and the initiation of the Gulf War -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (foreign policy) -- Nixon (temporarily) escalates Vietnam -- Reagan presses for 'contra' funding -- Clinton withdraws from Somalia -- Implications for leadership and the public presidency -- Epilogue: Presidents 43 and 44 -- Appendix A. Case selection and matching statements and opinion polling -- Appendix B. Case study selection and archival data collection -- Appendix C. Models and data. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009036379 |
| ISBN | 9781603441872 (hc : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781603441957 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |