The Strategic Presidency

Author : George C. Edwards III
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691154368
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strategic President written by George C. Edwards III and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do presidents lead? If presidential power is the power to persuade, why is there a lack of evidence of presidential persuasion? George Edwards, one of the leading scholars of the American presidency, skillfully uses this contradiction as a springboard to examine--and ultimately challenge--the dominant paradigm of presidential leadership. The Strategic President contends that presidents cannot create opportunities for change by persuading others to support their policies. Instead, successful presidents facilitate change by recognizing opportunities and fashioning strategies and tactics to exploit them. Edwards considers three extraordinary presidents--Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan--and shows that despite their considerable rhetorical skills, the public was unresponsive to their appeals for support. To achieve change, these leaders capitalized on existing public opinion. Edwards then explores the prospects for other presidents to do the same to advance their policies. Turning to Congress, he focuses first on the productive legislative periods of FDR, Lyndon Johnson, and Reagan, and finds that these presidents recognized especially favorable conditions for passing their agendas and effectively exploited these circumstances while they lasted. Edwards looks at presidents governing in less auspicious circumstances, and reveals that whatever successes these presidents enjoyed also resulted from the interplay of conditions and the presidents' skills at understanding and exploiting them. The Strategic President revises the common assumptions of presidential scholarship and presents significant lessons for presidents' basic strategies of governance.

Author : James P. Pfiffner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strategic Presidency written by James P. Pfiffner and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best book on the importance of presidential transitions to the long-term successes of administrations. Contemporary scholars and practitioners will be especially interested in Pfiffner's treatment of the problems that surrounded the Clinton administration's troubled start". -- Mark J. Rozell, author of Executive Privilege.

Author : James P. Pfiffner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780256060058
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strategic Presidency written by James P. Pfiffner and published by . This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christine L. Nemacheck
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813927435
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Selection written by Christine L. Nemacheck and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process by which presidents decide whom to nominate to fill Supreme Court vacancies is obviously of far-ranging importance, particularly because the vast majority of nominees are eventually confirmed. But why is one individual selected from among a pool of presumably qualified candidates? In Strategic Selection: Presidential Nomination of Supreme Court Justices from Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush, Christine Nemacheck makes heavy use of presidential papers to reconstruct the politics of nominee selection from Herbert Hoover's appointment of Charles Evan Hughes in 1930 through President George W. Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito in 2005. Bringing to light firsthand evidence of selection politics and of the influence of political actors, such as members of Congress and presidential advisors, from the initial stages of formulating a short list through the president's final selection of a nominee, Nemacheck constructs a theoretical framework that allows her to assess the factors impacting a president's selection process. Much work on Supreme Court nominations focuses on struggles over confirmation, or is heavily based on anecdotal material and posits the "idiosyncratic" nature of the selection process; in contrast, Strategic Selection points to systematic patterns in judicial selection. Nemacheck argues that although presidents try to maximize their ideological preferences and minimize uncertainty about nominees' conduct once they are confirmed, institutional factors that change over time, such as divided government and the institutionalism of the presidency, shape and constrain their choices. By revealing the pattern of strategic action, which she argues is visible from the earliest stages of the selection process, Nemacheck takes us a long way toward understanding this critically important part of our political system.

Author : George C. Edwards III
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691172013
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Predicting the Presidency written by George C. Edwards III and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Americans—including many experienced politicians—viewed Barack Obama through a prism of high expectations, based on a belief in the power of presidential persuasion. Yet many who were inspired by candidate Obama were disappointed in what he was able to accomplish once in the White House. They could not understand why he often was unable to leverage his position and political skills to move the public and Congress to support his initiatives. Predicting the Presidency explains why Obama had such difficulty bringing about the change he promised, and challenges the conventional wisdom about presidential leadership. In this incisive book, George Edwards shows how we can ask a few fundamental questions about the context of a presidency—the president's strategic position or opportunity structure—and use the answers to predict a president's success in winning support for his initiatives. If presidential success is largely determined by a president's strategic position, what role does persuasion play? Almost every president finds that a significant segment of the public and his fellow partisans in Congress are predisposed to follow his lead. Others may support the White House out of self-interest. Edwards explores the possibilities of the president exploiting such support, providing a more realistic view of the potential of presidential persuasion. Written by a leading presidential scholar, Predicting the Presidency sheds new light on the limitations and opportunities of presidential leadership.

Author : Samuel Kernell
Publisher : C Q Press College
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Public written by Samuel Kernell and published by C Q Press College. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to include timely analyses of the public strategies of President Clinton, who by most measurements has engaged in more public activities than any other president, the third edition carefully traces the history of this practice and explores the key political role played by the news media. Trends in presidential speeches, public appearances, and travel receive special attention as does the influence of public opinion.

Author : James P. Pfiffner
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Presidency written by James P. Pfiffner and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the office of the American presidency. It features classic and contemporary scholarly analyses, and coverage of the impeachment of President Clinton.

Author : James P. Pfiffner
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780534631178
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Presidency written by James P. Pfiffner and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MODERN PRESIDENCY, Fourth Edition is a concise, accessible and sophisticated text designed for use in conjunction with other readings on the presidency, rather than as a central text for the course. Case studies-a major strength of this short text-illustrate important aspects of presidential action and decision-making. Written by a top scholar on the presidency, and thoroughly updated through the summer of 2003 to include the presidency of George W. Bush, the text deals not only with presidents as individuals, but also with the large institutions that make up the modern presidency.

Author : James P. Pfiffner
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Presidency written by James P. Pfiffner and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The selections in this book provide a historical perspective that explain how the events of the past two centuries led us to where we are today. They also present the most important current issues that are shaping the Bush administration and the presidency.

Author : James Pfiffner
Publisher : Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780495189947
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Presidency written by James Pfiffner and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2007-02-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MODERN PRESIDENCY, Fifth Edition, is a concise, accessible and sophisticated text on the presidency. Case studies-a major strength of this short text-illustrate important aspects of presidential action and decision-making. Written by a top scholar on the presidency, and thoroughly updated through 2006 to include the presidency of George W. Bush, the text deals not only with presidents as individuals, but also with the large institutions that make up the modern presidency. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.