The Presidency and the Political System / Edition 11

by Michael Nelson

Overview

Written by top-notch presidency scholars and carefully edited into a text-reader format, The Presidency and the Political System showcases a collection of original essays focused on a range of topics, institutions, and issues relevant to understanding the American presidency. Michael Nelson rigorously edits each contribution to present students with a set of analytical yet accessible chapters and contextual headnotes introducing each essay. You will read about different approaches to studying the presidency, the elements of presidential power, presidential selection, presidents and politics, and presidents and government. The highly anticipated Eleventh Edition of this text fully incorporates coverage of Barack Obama's second term and the major shifts represented by the new Trump administration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544317298
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/12/2018
Edition description:	Eleventh Edition
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. A former editor of the Washington Monthly, his most recent books include Trump’s First Year (2018); The Elections of 2016 (2018); The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents (2019); The American Presidency: Origins and Development (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2011); and Governing at Home: The White House and Domestic Policymaking (with Russell B. Riley, 2011). Nelson has contributed to numerous journals, including the Journal of Policy History, Journal of Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. He also has written multiple articles on subjects as varied as baseball, Frank Sinatra, and C. S. Lewis. More than fifty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition. His 2014 book, Resilient America: Electing Nixon, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government, won the American Political Science Association’s Richard E. Neustadt Award for best book on the presidency published that year; and his 2006 book with John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, won the Southern Political Science Association’s V.O. Key Award.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Contributors xi

Part I Approaches to the Presidency

Chapter 1 The Two Constitutional Presidencies Jeffrey K. Tulis 1

Chapter 2 Studying the Presidency: Why Presidents Need Political Scientists Lyn Ragsdale 34

Part II Elements of Presidential Power

Chapter 3 The Development of Presidential Power: Conservative Insurgency and Constitutional Construction Stephen Skowronek 66

Chapter 4 The Presidency in History: Leading from the Eye of the Storm Sidney M. Milkis Marc Landy 93

Chapter 5 Presidential Competence Paul J. Quirk 131

Chapter 6 The Psychological Presidency Michael Nelson 166

Part III Presidential Selection

Chapter 7 The Presidency and the Nominating Process: Aspirants, Parties, and Selections Lara M. Brown 191

Chapter 8 The Faulty Premises of the Electoral College George C. Edwards III 214

Part IV Presidents and Politics

Chapter 9 The Presidential Spectacle Bruce Miroff 230

Chapter 10 The President and the Media: The Case of Donald Trump Majorie Randon Hershey 255

Chapter 11 The Presidency and Interest Groups: Allies, Adversaries, and Policy Leadership Daniel J. Tichenor 277

Chapter 12 The Presidency and Political Parties Sidney M. Milkis 309

Part V Presidents and Government

Chapter 13 The Institutional Presidency John P. Burke 353

Chapter 14 The Presidency and the Bureaucracy: The Levers of Presidential Control David E. Lewis Terry M. Moe 377

Chapter 15 The President and Congress Matthew J. Dickinson 406

Chapter 16 The Presidency and the Judiciary David A. Yalof 447

Chapter 17 The Presidency and Unilateral Power: A Taxonomy Andrew Rudalevige 470

Part VI Presidents and Public Policy

Chapter 18 Presidential Power and Policy Roger B. Porter 497

Chapter 19 The Presidency at War: The Limits of Agency in Wartime Presidential Leadership Andrew J. Polsky 524

Chapter 20 "The Firing, Retiring, and Expiring of Presidents": Impeachment, Disability, Resignation, and Death-From the Constitutional Convention to Donald Trump Michael Nelson 542

Index 565

Editorial Reviews

The Presidency and the Political System will challenge students to raise their analytical abilities, while providing them with new insights for thinking about the contemporary presidency.”

Scott Spitzer

An excellent introduction for students to the key theories and approaches political scientists use to study the presidency.”

Bryan Mc Quide

Successfully balances both historical and political science perspectives on the growth and current operation of the presidency.”

Ashley Moraguez

“An excellent introduction for students to the key theories and approaches political scientists use to study the presidency.”

Bryan McQuide

Two dozen academic contributors<-->including editor Nelson (political science, Rhodes College)<-->analyze "who gets what, when, and how" within the context of the executive branch of the US political system. In addition to discussing issues in the second term of the Clinton administration since the text's last edition, they broadly address in original essays with editorial introductions: approaches to the presidency, elements of presidential power, presidential selection, presidents and politics, and presidents and government. Paper edition (unseen), $30.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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