The Presidency and Public Policy [electronic resource] : The Four Arenas of Presidential Power

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spitzer, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power--United States.

Presidents--United States.

United States. Congress.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Executive power--United States.

Presidents--United States.

United States. Congress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Summary:

Spitzer's classic study of presidential power, The Presidency and Public Policy examines the annual domestic legislative programs of US presidents from 1954-1974 to show how and in what ways the characteristics of their proposals affected their success in dealing with Congress (success being defined as Congress's passing the presidents' legislative proposals in the forms offered). Presidential skills matter, but Spitzer demonstrates that the successful application of those skills is relatively easy for some policies and next to impossible for others. Certain consistent patterns

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Studying the Presidency; The Policy Approach; The President's Policy Proposals; Levels of Analysis; The Presidency in Perspective; President as Politician; President as Power Seeker; President as Policy Maker; Definitions; Outline of Presentation; 2. Policy Typologies and Policy Theory; Utilizing Policy Frameworks; The Arenas of Power; Critiques; Refining the Arenas; The Arenas and the Presidency; Hypotheses; The Four Presidencies; Summary; 3. Distributive and Constituent Policies: Political Stability; Distributive Cases

Presidential Distribution Constituent Cases; Constituent Patterns; 4. Regulation and Redistribution: Political Conflict; Regulatory Cases; Regulatory Patterns; Redistributive Cases; Redistributive Patterns; Summary; 5. President and Congress: The Policy Connection; The President and Congress; Past Empirical Studies; Presidential Box scores; Data by Administrations; Electoral Cycles; Resubmission of Bills; 6. Policy Patterns and Congressional Floor Activity; Selecting the Bills; The Committee and the Floor; Differences between the House and the Senate; Floor Activity; Partisan Support

Substantive Analysis Summary; 7. The Four Presidencies and the Policy Environment; Presidential Interactions and Policy Types; Applications to Existing Analysis of the Presidency; Of Presidents and Policies; Extending the Analysis; Concluding Thoughts; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

855503404