Updated with new readings on the war in Iraq, the war on terror, the frontloaded nomination process, and President Bush’s place in history, the new edition of this popular reader gives students the analytical tools needed to make sense of the modern presidency and its relationship with other key players in our political system. The selections in this reader were chosen with two aims in mind: (1) to provide a historical perspective, so often neglected in similar texts, that explains how the events of the past two centuries led us to where we are today, and (2) to present the most important current issues that are shaping the Bush administration and the presidency more broadly. This collection of readings offers students a combination of “classic” scholarly analyses, the best of current scholarship, and engaging insights into the nature of the contemporary presidency.

Understanding the Presidency (5th Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Davidson, Roger H.

Pfiffner, James P.

Politics & Government

Longman

Updated in a new 6th edition, Understanding the Presidency provides readers with a blend of classic and contemporary readings on the presidency to ground and expand their knowledge of the highest office in American government. Some topics include,The Public Presidency: Press, Media, and Public Approval, Policy Leadership, and Constitutional Origins of the Presidency. Updated edition contains 8 new readings.

Understanding the Presidency (6th Edition)

Pearson

Updated in its 7th edition, Understanding the Presidency provides readers with a blend of classic and contemporary readings on the presidency to ground and expand their knowledge of the highest office in the land. The new edition gives readers the analytical tools needed to make sense of the modern presidency.

Understanding the Presidency (7th Edition)

Understanding the Presidency

This work provides an analysis of presidential transitions from JFK to Bill Clinton. The author argues that, in order to accomplish his policy objectives, a new president must always first gain control of and organise the government.

The strategic presidency: Hitting the ground running

Dorsey Press

The Modern Presidency

This is a brief introduction to the executive branch of American government. Organized to follow the topics included in the presidency chapter of a typical introduction to American government textbook, the book emphasizes the major changes in the role of the president in the years since Roosevelt, as Franklin government has taken on a more activist role, government has become more centralized, and the president has assumed a more prominent position as the leader of domestic policy and the chief representative of American interests in the global environment.

History

St.Martin's Press

A widely adopted supplemental text for the Presidency course, THE MODERN PRESIDENCY describes the transformation of the office over the last half-century from a small circle of advisors to a large bureaucracy. The Third Edition considers the growing importance of primary elections in the nomination process, the executive branch's use of communication technology, presidential relations with Congress, and presidential abuse of power.

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

A widely adopted supplemental text for the Presidency course, THE MODERN PRESIDENCY describes the transformation of the office over the last half-century from a small circle of advisors to a large bureaucracy. The Third Edition considers the growing importance of primary elections in the nomination process, the executive branch's use of communication technology, presidential relations with Congress, and presidential abuse of power.

Wadsworth Publishing

Pfiffner (government and public policy, George Mason U.) portrays the presidency as being not so much the president himself, but the numerous people and institutions that support him. Concentrating on the era of the modern presidency (1933 to the present), he explains how what was once a small group of presidential advisors has grown into a large collection of bureaucracies, and how White House staffers have gradually replaced Cabinet secretaries as primary advisors to the president. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

This popular and completely updated reader is the only comprehensive reader on the American Presidency that is also accessible and engaging for undergraduate students. The editors culled the reading selections with several aims in mind: to include the historical perspective so often neglected in similar texts; to provide developmental views that explain how what happened over the past two centuries got us where we are today; and to present important current issues that are engaging the presidency during the Bush administration. Some articles are "classic" scholarly analyses, some represent the best of current scholarship, and some are engaging insights into the nature of the contemporary presidency.

Understanding the Presidency (3rd Edition)

Criminal Law

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Understanding the Presidency (5th Edition)

Understanding the Presidency (6th Edition)

Understanding the Presidency (7th Edition)

Understanding the Presidency

The strategic presidency: Hitting the ground running

The Modern Presidency

The Modern Presidency

The Modern Presidency

The Modern Presidency

Understanding the Presidency (3rd Edition)