The presidency and the political system / Michael Nelson, editor.

Other author Nelson, Michael, 1949-
Format Book
Edition6th ed.
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : CQ Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxiii, 610 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Presidents--United States.

Contents Evaluating the presidency / Michael Nelson -- Studying the presidency : why presidents need political scientists / Lyn Ragsdale -- The American presidency in comparative perspective : systems, situations, and leaders / Bert A. Rockman -- The two constitutional presidencies / Jeffrey K. Tullis -- Presidential leadership in political time / Stephen Skowronek -- Presidential competence / Paul J. Quirk -- The psychological presidency / Michael Nelson -- Second-term presidencies : the aging of administrations / Michael B. Grossman, Martha Joynt Kumar, and Francis E. Rourke -- The presidency and the nominating process / Bruce Buchanan -- The presidency and the election campaign : framing the choice in 1996 / Thomas Weko and John H. Aldrich --
Contents The presidency and the public : leadership as spectacle / Bruce Miroff -- The president and the press : negotiating newsworthiness at the White House / Timothy E. Cook and Lyn Ragsdale -- The president and the "interests" : why the White House cannot govern / Benjamin Ginsberg, Walter R. Mebane, Jr., and Martin Shefter -- The institutional presidency / John P. Burke -- The presidency and the bureaucracy : the presidential advantage / Terry M. Moe -- The president and Congress / Mark A. Peterson -- The president and the judiciary / John Anthony Maltese -- The vice-presidency : new opportunities, old constraints / Joseph A. Pika -- Divided government and policy making : negotiating the laws / Paul J. Quirk and Bruce Nesmith.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99054451
ISBN1568024967 (paper)
ISBN1568024975

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