Presidential power : forging the presidency for the twenty-first century / Robert Y. Shapiro, Martha Joynt Kumar, Lawrence R. Jacobs, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shapiro, Robert Y., 1953- editor.

Kumar, Martha Joynt, editor.

Jacobs, Lawrence R., editor.

Series:

Power, conflict, and democracy.

Power, Conflict, and Democracy : American Politics into the Twenty-First Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2000.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Presidential Power".

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1. Introduction: Presidential Power

PART 1 Richard Neustadt's Presidential Power and American Political Science

2. Neustadt's Power Approach to the Presidency

3. Richard Neustadt in the History of American Political Science

PART 2 Presidents as Persuaders and the Personalization of Power

4. Personal Power and Presidents

5. Bargaining and Presidential Power

6. The Timing of Presidential Speeches: Can the President Be an Effective Teacher

7. The President's Inner Circle: Personality and Leadership Style in Foreign Policy Decision-making

PART 3 Organizing and Institutionalizing the Presidency

8. Staffing and Organizing the Presidency

9. The Institutionalization of Power

10. Staffing the White House, 1937-96: The Institutional Implications of Neustadt's Bargaining Paradigm

11. The Presidential Kaleidoscope: Advisory Networks in Action

PART 4 The President in the Political System

12. The President in the Political System: In Neustadt's Shadow

13. Political Time and Policy Coalitions: Structure and Agency in Presidential Power

14. The Institutional Face of Presidential Power: Congressional Delegation of Authority to the President

15. Hitting the Ground Running: The Politics of Presidential Appointments in Transition

PART 5 The Potential for Leadership

16. Presidential Power and the Potential for Leadership

17. Presidential Polling and the Potential for Leadership

18. The President as Message and Messenger: Personal Style and Presidential Communications

19. The Limits of the Transformational Presidency

PART 6 Conclusion: Forging the Presidency for the 21st Century

20. A Preachment from Retirement

21. The Impeachment of President Bill Clinton: Background.

22. The "Hard Case" for Presidential Power: Impeachment Politics and Law

23. Conclusion: Presidential Power, Institutions, and Democracy

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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OCLC:

923687177