Perspectives On The Presidency

Author : Roger Pielke,Roberta A. Klein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048138982

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Presidential Science Advisors by Roger Pielke,Roberta A. Klein Pdf

For the past 50 years a select group of scientists has provided advice to the US President, mostly out of the public eye, on issues ranging from the deployment of weapons to the launching of rockets to the moon to the use of stem cells to cure disease. The role of the presidential science adviser came under increasing scrutiny during the administration of George W. Bush, which was highly criticized by many for its use (and some say, misuse) of science. This edited volume includes, for the first time, the reflections of the presidential science advisers from Donald Hornig who served under Lyndon B. Johnson, to John Marburger, the previous science advisor, on their roles within both government and the scientific community. It provides an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of the White House, as well as the political realities of providing advice on scientific matters to the presidential of the United States. The reflections of the advisers are supplemented with critical analysis of the role of the science adviser by several well-recognized science policy practitioners and experts. This volume will be of interest to science policy and presidential history scholars and students.

Author : Aaron B. Wildavsky
Publisher : Boston; Toronto: Little Brown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Presidents
ISBN : UCAL:B3965401

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Perspectives on the Presidency by Aaron B. Wildavsky Pdf

Author : Stephen Skowronek
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700629435

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Presidential Leadership in Political Time by Stephen Skowronek Pdf

In this expanded third edition, renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek, addresses Donald J. Trump’s presidency. Skowronek’s insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His “political time” thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon with the work of their predecessors, situate their power within recent political events, and assert their authority in the service of change. A classic widely used in courses on the presidency, Skowronek’s book has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the leadership patterns from the more distant past. Drawing out parallels in the politics of leadership between Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt and between James Polk and John Kennedy, it develops a new and revealing perspective on the presidential leadership of Clinton, Bush, Obama, and now Trump. In this third edition Skowronek carefully examines the impact of recent developments in government and politics on traditional leadership postures and their enactment, given the current divided state of the American polity, the impact of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, of a more disciplined and homogeneous Republican party, of conservative advocacy of the “unitary theory” of the executive, and of progressive disillusionment with the presidency as an institution. A provocative review of presidential history, Skowronek’s book brims with fresh insights and opens a window on the institution of the executive office and the workings of the American political system as a whole. Intellectually satisfying for scholars, it also provides an accessible volume for students and general readers interested in the American presidency.

Author : Kenneth W. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015073071865

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The American Presidency by Kenneth W. Thompson Pdf

Perspectives from abroad have long been a source of enlightenment and understanding for Americans wishing to reflect their society and political system. Up to the present, students in classrooms had to go back to Alexis de Tocqueville and Lord Bryce for profound insights on American politics. A more current view is found in the papers which constitute this second volume in the series. These papers were presented at the Miller Center in the period 1986-88. The contributors to this volume view the American presidency from diverse perspectives, while having in common the status of observers from outside the United States. Their insights grow out of their national perspectives.; Contents: The American Presidency Viewed From Australia; The American Presidency: Some Soviet Perspectives; The Presidency: A View From England; The Presidency Viewed From the Middle East; Democratic Leadership in the Electronic Age; The Presidency: Reflections on the American and Australian Political Settings. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Author : Richard W. Waterman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Executive power
ISBN : 1592602851

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The Changing American Presidency by Richard W. Waterman Pdf

Author : Richard J. Ellis
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Communication in politics
ISBN : 1558491597

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Speaking to the People by Richard J. Ellis Pdf

Evaluates the changing role of popular leadership and presidential rhetoric in American politics

Author : Scott C. James,Scott Curtis James
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 052166277X

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Presidents, Parties, and the State by Scott C. James,Scott Curtis James Pdf

In the end, the electoral logic that fueled Democratic choice proved consequential for the trajectory of American state development. For, under the pressure to build a new majority party, an agrarian party with long-standing antistatist and antimonopoly commitments turned its governing power to the buildup of national administrative power and the consolidation of corporate capitalism."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Wilfried Mausbach,Dietmar Schloss,Martin Thunert
Publisher : Universitaetsverlag Winter
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3825357376

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The American Presidency by Wilfried Mausbach,Dietmar Schloss,Martin Thunert Pdf

Understanding the presidency of the United States requires taking seriously the role that individuals play in history, but at the same time also taking seriously the realization that individual presidents are bound by legal and institutional structures as well as by cultural and economic forces often beyond their control. This is why the task of this book is to characterize the modern American presidency from a variety of academic disciplines such as history, political science and cultural studies as well as from different theoretical approaches. The essays collected in this volume grew out of conference papers held at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the German Association for American Studies (DGfA), which was held in Heidelberg between May 15 and 18, 2008. Many essays are deliberately interpretive, some offer assessments of individual presidents and of particular events, others are more contextual and focus on presidential performance, on presidential rhetoric or on representations of the presidency in fiction, film and drama.

Author : Michael Nelson,Barbara A. Perry
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813946061

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The Presidency by Michael Nelson,Barbara A. Perry Pdf

Following the election of Donald Trump, the office of the U.S. president has come under scrutiny like never before. Featuring penetrating insights from high-profile presidential scholars, The Presidency provides the deep historical and constitutional context needed to put the Trump era into its proper perspective. Identifying key points at which the constitutional presidency could have evolved in different ways from the nation’s founding days to the present, these scholars examine presidential decisions that determined the direction of the nation and the world. Contributors Bradley R. DeWees, U.S. Air Force * Richard J. Ellis, Willamette University * Stefanie Georgakis Abbott, University of Virginia * Joel K. Goldstein, Saint Louis University * Jennifer Lawless, University of Virginia * Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia * Sairkrishna Bangalore Prakash, University of Virginia * Russell L. Riley, University of Virginia * Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College * Sean Theriault, University of Texas at Austin

Author : Stanley Bach
Publisher : D.C. Heath
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005908598

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Perspectives on the Presidency by Stanley Bach Pdf

Author : Lyndon Baines Johnson
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : United States
ISBN : 0297993690

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The Vantage Point by Lyndon Baines Johnson Pdf

Author : Michael Patrick Cullinane,Clare Frances Elliott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135079031

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Perspectives on Presidential Leadership by Michael Patrick Cullinane,Clare Frances Elliott Pdf

In 2011 Barack Obama invited ten distinguished biographers to the White House to ask them one question: which past American president should I emulate? This was not the first time Obama asked scholars this, but the answer he received would differ as presidential legacies waxed and waned. In 2008 Obama chose Lincoln; in 2009, Reagan; and in 2010, Theodore Roosevelt. Perspectives on Presidential Leadership is an examination of presidential legacy, and in particular an analysis of the first ever UK ranking of American presidents which took place in 2011. In thirteen chapters, thirteen individual presidential administrations are assessed. Some presidents have been considered a success, others a failure; both types are featured in these thirteen case studies in a measured attempt to understand how the perception of presidential leadership evolves, shifts, and contorts across three centuries of American politics. The case studies also derive from the expertise of the collected British, Irish and Canadian authors, all of whom are leading scholars in their fields, and many of which took part in the 2011 survey. At a time when understanding presidential legacy is in high demand, this book offers a unique international perspective. Through extended commentary and inter-disciplinary study of the UK perspective it provides groundbreaking research.

Author : George C. Edwards III
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226775647

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Changing Their Minds? by George C. Edwards III Pdf

Despite popular perceptions, presidents rarely succeed in persuading either the public or members of Congress to change their minds and move from opposition to particular policies to support of them. As a result, the White House is not able to alter the political landscape and create opportunities for change. Instead, successful presidents recognize and skillfully exploit the opportunities already found in their political environments. If they fail to understand their strategic positions, they are likely to overreach and experience political disaster. Donald Trump has been a distinctive president, and his arrival in the Oval Office brought new questions. Could someone with his decades of experience as a self-promoter connect with the public and win its support? Could a president who is an experienced negotiator obtain the support in Congress needed to pass his legislative programs? Would we need to adjust the theory of presidential leadership to accommodate a president with unique persuasive skills? Building on decades of research and employing extensive new data, George C. Edwards III addresses these questions. He finds that President Trump has been no different than other presidents in being constrained by his environment. He moved neither the public nor Congress. Even for an experienced salesman and dealmaker, presidential power is still not the power to persuade. Equally important was the fact that, as Edwards shows, Trump was not able to exploit the opportunities he had. In fact, we learn here that the patterns of the president’s rhetoric and communications and his approach to dealing with Congress ultimately lessened his chances of success. President Trump, it turns out, was often his own agenda’s undoing.

Author : Stephen F. Knott
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700630394

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The Lost Soul of the American Presidency by Stephen F. Knott Pdf

The American presidency is not what it once was. Nor, Stephen F. Knott contends, what it was meant to be. Taking on an issue as timely as Donald Trump’s latest tweet and old as the American republic, the distinguished presidential scholar documents the devolution of the American presidency from the neutral, unifying office envisioned by the framers of the Constitution into the demagogic, partisan entity of our day. The presidency of popular consent, or the majoritarian presidency that we have today, far predates its current incarnation. The executive office as James Madison, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton conceived it would be a source of national pride and unity, a check on the tyranny of the majority, and a neutral guarantor of the nation’s laws. The Lost Soul of the American Presidency shows how Thomas Jefferson’s “Revolution of 1800” remade the presidency, paving the way for Andrew Jackson to elevate “majority rule” into an unofficial constitutional principle—and contributing to the disenfranchisement, and worse, of African Americans and Native Americans. In Woodrow Wilson, Knott finds a worthy successor to Jefferson and Jackson. More than any of his predecessors, Wilson altered the nation’s expectations of what a president could be expected to achieve, putting in place the political machinery to support a “presidential government.” As difficult as it might be to recover the lost soul of the American presidency, Knott reminds us of presidents who resisted pandering to public opinion and appealed to our better angels—George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and William Howard Taft, among others—whose presidencies suggest an alternative and offer hope for the future of the nation’s highest office.

Author : James W. Davis
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:319510019444252

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The American Presidency by James W. Davis Pdf