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The Obama Presidency - A Preliminary Assessment

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 Lively and engaging essays covering President Obamaâ€™s domestic and foreign policy, governing style, and character.
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Jfk, Lbj, And The Democratic Party

by Sean J. Savage

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 A comprehensive account of JFKâ€™s and LBJâ€™s leadership of the Democratic Party in the 1960s.
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Presidents And Foreign Policy - Countdown To Ten Controversial Decisions

by Alan Shank e Edward R. Drachman

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 Examines ten important and controversial U.S. presidential foreign policy decisions in the post-World War II period, including one major controversy for each president from Truman to Clinton.
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The American Presidency Under Siege

by Gary L. Rose

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 Attributes the failure of the modern presidency to the development of a political system that inherently impedes creative leadership, and offers prescriptive measures to restore the governing capacity of the president.
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Constitutional Ambiguity And The Interpretation Of Presidential Power

by Richard W. Waterman

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 <p><b>Examines the role of constitutional ambiguity across the entire spectrum of American history and how it impacts our interpretation of presidential power.</b></p><p>While the rise of autocratic presidential powers has been widely noted by scholars in recent years, with calls by some for a stronger or more accountable presidency, <i>Constitutional Ambiguity and the Interpretation of Presidential Power</i> is among the first entirely dedicated to a study of the impact of this ambiguity on how scholars, judges, and presidents have understood executive power. Embarking on a detailed examination of legal, historical, and political science literature across the broad scope of American history, Richard W. Waterman examines the concerns of the Constitution''s Framers regarding the fear of monarchy and a tyrannical president. He then discusses the writing and ratification of the Constitution and by drawing on insights from the time of the Framers to the present day, he provides a unique historical timeline related to the discussion and analysis of constitutional ambiguity. Over the course of several chapters, he finds that no sole theory defines presidential power, and ambiguity rules the day, allowing presidents to find power in the Constitution''s silences as well as its various nooks and crannies, which has led to the very real danger of an autocratic presidency.</p>
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Emerging From The Shadows - Vice Presidential Influence In The Modern Era

by Richard M. Yon

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 <p><b>First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era.</b></p><p>Although once derided as an insignificant office, the vice presidency in the last forty years has witnessed an increase in stature, prominence, and influence. <i>Emerging from the Shadows</i> focuses on explaining variation in vice presidential influence over time with an assumption that all vice presidents in the modern era have the capacity to exercise influence. This study is the first of its kind to ascertain the true nature of vice-presidential influence and the consequences of changing interpersonal, situational, institutional, and electoral dynamics on that influence using in-depth interviews and archival research. These four dynamics, as Richard M. Yon demonstrates, provide a model by which to understand the fluidity of vice-presidential influence, which in turn enables more precise analysis of the vice presidencies of Nelson Rockefeller, Walter Mondale, George H. W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, and Joe Biden.</p>
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Leadership And Legacy - The Presidency Of Barack Obama

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 <p><b>Applies a variety of scholarly approaches to analyze the long-term impact of President Obama as a leader and policymaker.</b></p><p>Historic, intriguing, and important in so many ways, the Obama presidency will be studied by scholars and students for years to come. With the rise in hyperpartisanship, legislative gridlock, political dysfunction, "fake news," and other negative trends, it is imperative that academicians weigh in with a rigorous assessment of Obama''s presidency. This volume applies a variety of scholarly approaches to analyze the impact of Obama as a leader and policymaker. Scholars from disciplines such as political science, history, environmental science, economics, and communication come together to provide an interdisciplinary and wide-ranging appraisal of the president. Across the varied chapters, Obama''s leadership is central to understanding the success or failure of his policies and initiatives. The president''s decisions and actions are also assessed against the constraints and possibilities created by the modern US political system, rapid changes in technology and society, and shifting patterns in international relations. The result is a book that covers executive leadership, administration, domestic issues, foreign and national security policy, and more, to present a comprehensive review of the Obama legacy.</p>
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Obama Presidency - A Preliminary Assessment

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 Lively and engaging essays covering President Obamaâ€™s domestic and foreign policy, governing style, and character.
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George W. Bush - Evaluating The President At Midterm

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 <p><b>Essays on the first two years of the Bush presidency.</b></p><p>Bringing together presidential scholars, leading voices on the presidency, and former White House aides, this book provides a timely and thorough assessment of George W. Bush at the historic midpoint of his presidency. The book covers Bush's character and leadership style, domestic policy, foreign policy and the War on Terror, and the Bush administration. It concludes with a report card on the Bush presidency, whereby the President, his staff, and his legislative record are graded.</p>
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Ross For Boss - The Perot Phenomenon And Beyond

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 <p><b>Presents an empirical study of Perot's 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns and the implications for third-party politics in the United States.</b></p><p>Ross for Boss provides insights into the sources, continuity, and enduring importance of Ross Perot's presidential candidacies in 1992 and 1996 as a member of the Reform Party, and evaluates the impact of the Perot phenomenon on the future of both public policy and the U.S. party system. Using theoretical and historical literature on third parties and independent candidates, the contributors identify the sources of Perot's support and opposition among political activists and the mass public.</p><p>Perot's supporters are understood as "zealots of the center" who resist partisan and ideological polarization. Perot himself, the authors suggest, was a master showman, able to use classical theatrical forms to establish himself as an improbable, yet inevitable, leader of a mass movement. His support came from people whose economic interests were directly threatened by increases in the global scope of the U.S. economy, and-like other third party candidates of the twentieth century-from those without formal religious affiliations. Comparisons of the 1992 and 1996 campaigns show that the decline in support for Perot was, for the most part, uniform across geographic regions and demographic groups.</p>
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The First Presidential Communications Agency - Fdr'S Office Of Government Reports

by Mordecai Lee

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 <p><b>The history of FDR's Office of Government Reports.</b></p><p>This book explores a forgotten chapter in modern U.S. history: the false dawn of the communications age in American politics. The Office of Government Reports (OGR) was created in 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but after World War II Congress refused President Truman's request to continue funding it. OGR proved to be ahead of its time, a predecessor to the now-permanent White House Office of Communications. Mordecai Lee shows how OGR was only one round in the long battle between the executive and legislative branches to be the alpha branch of government. He illustrates how OGR was in the most important sense an effort to institutionalize public reporting. Given the diminished trust in government in the twenty-first century, the study of OGR could act as a model for reviving public reporting as one way to reinvigorate democracy.</p>
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In The Public Domain - Presidents And The Challenges Of Public Leadership

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 <p><b>Explores how recent presidents have managed communications with the American public.</b></p><p>The "public presidency"-how presidents rely on the mass media, public opinion, and various communication strategies-has become an increasingly important aspect of presidential governance and leadership during the past two decades. In the Public Domain gathers together noted presidency and communication scholars to explore the relationship between the president and the American public, the current state of the "public presidency," and the challenges that recent presidents have faced in developing an effective means of communicating and maintaining a strong presidential image. Specific topics include: how presidents use public leadership to pursue their policy goals and objectives; the importance of public opinion, rhetorical strategies, and public activities; external factors such as party politics and news media coverage; the cultivation of presidential legacy; and access to documents in presidential libraries.</p>
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Popular Justice - Presidential Prestige And Executive Success In The Supreme Court

by Jeff Yates

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 <p><b>Explores the interaction between the presidency and the U.S. Supreme Court.</b></p><p>Popular Justice explores the interaction between the presidency and the United States Supreme Court in the modern era. It assesses the fortunes of chief executives before the Court and makes the provocative argument that success is impacted by the degree of public prestige a president experiences while in office. Three discrete situations are quantitatively examined: cases involving the president's formal constitutional and statutory powers, those involving federal administrative agencies, and those that decide substantive policy issues. Yates concludes that, while other factors do exert their own influence, presidential power with the Court does depend, to a surprising degree, on the executive's current political popularity.</p>
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Groupthink Or Deadlock - When Do Leaders Learn From Their Advisors?

by Paul A. Kowert

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 <p><b>Argues that too much advice can lead to policy deadlock depending on leadership style.</b></p><p>The danger of groupthink is now standard fare in leadership training programs and a widely accepted explanation, among political scientists, for policy-making fiascoes. Efforts to avoid groupthink, however, can lead to an even more serious problem-deadlock. Groupthink or Deadlock explores these dual problems in the Eisenhower and Reagan administrations and demonstrates how both presidents were capable of learning and consequently changing their policies, sometimes dramatically, but at the same time doing so in characteristically different ways. Kowert points to the need for leaders to organize their staff in a way that fits their learning and leadership style and allows them to negotiate a path between groupthink and deadlock.</p>
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In The Name Of Terrorism - Presidents On Political Violence In The Post-World War Ii Era

by Carol K. Winkler

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 <p><b>Traces the shifts in presidential discourse on terrorism since World War II.</b></p><p><b>Winner of the 2008 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Political Communication Division of the National Communication Association </b></p><p>The topic of terrorism has evolved into an ideological marker of American culture, one that has fundamentally altered the relationship between the three branches of government, between the government and the people, and between America and countries abroad. In the Name of Terrorism describes and analyzes the public communication strategies presidents have deployed to discuss terrorism since the end of World War II. Drawing upon internal administration documents, memoirs, and public papers, Carol K. Winkler uncovers how presidents have capitalized on public perceptions of the terrorist threat, misrepresented actual terrorist events, and used the term "terrorism" to influence electoral outcomes both at home and abroad. Perhaps more importantly, she explains their motivations for doing so, and critically discusses the moral and political implications of the present range of narratives used to present terrorism to the public.</p>
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Jfk, Lbj, And The Democratic Party

by Sean J. Savage

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 A comprehensive account of JFKâ€™s and LBJâ€™s leadership of the Democratic Party in the 1960s.
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Constitutional Ambiguity And The Interpretation Of Presidential Power

by Richard W. (University Of Kentucky) Waterman

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Meeting The Moment - Inspiring Presidential Leadership That Transformed America

by William Haldeman

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Emerging From The Shadows - Vice Presidential Influence In The Modern Era

by Richard M. Yon

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Emerging From The Shadows - Vice Presidential Influence In The Modern Era

by Richard M. Yon

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Leadership And Legacy - The Presidency Of Barack Obama

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Leadership And Legacy - The Presidency Of Barack Obama

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The Constitution And The American Presidency

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