Presidential Studies Reader

PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES READER......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
CHALLENGES FACING THE PRESIDENCY......Page 10
CHALLENGES TO STUDYING THE PRESIDENCY......Page 12
Methods for Studying the Presidency......Page 13
Conceptual Approaches to Studying the Presidency......Page 14
NOTES......Page 16
HISTORICAL REASSESSMENTS OF PRESIDENTS......Page 18
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
WASHINGTON’S CHANGING ATTITUDE ON SLAVERY......Page 21
HOW GENERAL WAS THE ACCEPTANCE OF SLAVERY?......Page 23
WASHINGTON FACES THE SLAVERY ISSUE......Page 24
CONCLUSION......Page 26
NOTES......Page 27
BACKGROUND......Page 30
THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT......Page 31
BLEEDING KANSAS......Page 34
RENOMINATION......Page 36
CONCLUSION......Page 37
NOTES......Page 38
THE DOMESTIC LINCOLN AND CONGRESSIONAL GOVERNMENT......Page 40
LAND LEGISLATION......Page 42
CURRENCY AND BANKING......Page 44
CONCLUSION......Page 49
NOTES......Page 51
INTRODUCTION......Page 54
BACKGROUND: HOW DID HAYES AND HARRISON WIN?......Page 55
Inaugural......Page 56
Selecting a Cabinet......Page 57
The South as His First Test......Page 58
HARRISON: THE PRICE OF BEING A REPUBLICAN MAVERICK......Page 60
Early Talk of Nominations......Page 61
A Strong Inaugural......Page 62
Dealing with the “Bosses”......Page 63
The Halstead Affair......Page 64
CONCLUSION: LESSONS LEARNED?......Page 65
POSTSCRIPT: IS BUSH V. GOREMOOT?......Page 68
NOTES......Page 69
THE CHALLENGE OF GOVERNING......Page 72
INTRODUCTION......Page 74
WRITING FOR GERALD R. FORD......Page 75
WRITING FOR JIMMY CARTER......Page 79
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 83
NOTES......Page 86
OVERVIEW......Page 90
THE VETO MESSAGE AS A RHETORICAL GENRE......Page 92
DATA, HYPOTHESES AND MEASURES......Page 93
Forcefulness......Page 94
Partisanship......Page 95
FINDINGS......Page 96
CONCLUSION......Page 102
Accessibility......Page 103
Partisanship......Page 104
Economy......Page 105
NOTES......Page 106
INTRODUCTION......Page 110
STEERING THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA: BUSH OR THE DEMOCRATS?......Page 111
DATA AND ANALYSIS......Page 113
BUSH’S ROLL-CALL SUCCESS ON WHITE HOUSE KEY VOTES, 1989......Page 114
INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT: BASELINES FOR COMPARISON......Page 115
“VETO STRENGTH” AND VETO THREATS: A CLOSER ANALYSIS......Page 118
CONCLUSIONS......Page 120
PPENDIX 1WHITE HOUSE “KEY VOTES” ANALYSIS, 1989......Page 121
NOTES......Page 123
OVERVIEW......Page 126
POLITICAL NATURE OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS......Page 127
Routine Confirmation or Detailed Inquiry......Page 128
Setting Standards of Judgment and Evaluation......Page 130
Prolonging the Nomination Process......Page 132
ASSERTING SENATORIAL PREROGATIVE......Page 133
THE POLITICS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS......Page 134
Judicial Fitness......Page 135
DIPLOMATIC AND OTHER NOMINATIONS......Page 136
CONCLUSION......Page 138
NOTES......Page 139
RELATIONS WITH CONGRESS AND PUBLIC POLICY......Page 142
INTRODUCTION......Page 144
Norms, Rules, and Institutions......Page 145
Political Elites......Page 146
THE OLD REGIME......Page 148
The McKinley Administration......Page 150
THE NEW REGIME......Page 151
Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy......Page 153
The Navy......Page 154
The Far East......Page 155
CONCLUSION......Page 156
NOTES......Page 158
INTRODUCTION......Page 164
THE “FAVORITE SON” PRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE......Page 165
THE REAGAN FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA......Page 166
THE CONTROL CASE: THE GRENADA INVASION......Page 168
GEORGE BUSH AS A FAVORITE SON......Page 170
PRE-TEST: THE PANAMANIAN INTERVENTION......Page 171
POST-TEST: THE PERSIAN GULF CRISIS......Page 173
CONCLUSION......Page 174
NOTES......Page 176
INTRODUCTION......Page 180
FDR Through LBJ, 1934-1969......Page 181
The Ford Era......Page 182
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: PERCEPTIONS OF CARTER’SPOLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESS......Page 183
THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION AND AIRLINEDEREGULATION: THE PLAYERS......Page 185
WHITE HOUSE STRATEGY......Page 188
Going Public......Page 189
Persuasion......Page 191
Divide & Conquer......Page 194
CONCLUSION......Page 195
NOTES......Page 196
THE PRESIDENT’S ROLE IN THE MODERN BUDGET PROCESS......Page 206
PRESIDENT CLINTON AND THE 1993 BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL......Page 207
CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT OF THE 1993BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL: AN ANALYSIS......Page 209
POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE1993 BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL......Page 213
THE SUCCESS OF THE 1993 BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL:THE ADVENT OF BUDGET SURPLUSES......Page 215
CONCLUSION......Page 218
NOTES......Page 219
RESEARCHING AND EVALUATING THE PRESIDENCY......Page 222
RANKING THE PRESIDENTS......Page 224
EVALUATING PRESIDENTS......Page 225
THE RISE, FALL, AND RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT......Page 226
REVISITING THE LEGACY......Page 230
NOTES......Page 231
AN EMERGING CONSENSUS......Page 234
Expectations Gap......Page 235
Divided Government......Page 237
Ennobled Congress......Page 238
Presidential Constraints......Page 239
NOTES......Page 244
INTRODUCTION......Page 250
EXPLAINING THE PRESIDENTS WITH PSYCHOLOGY......Page 251
Barber’s Many Critics......Page 252
FUTURE PRESIDENTS......Page 253
The Youth of an Active-Positive?......Page 255
Health Problems......Page 256
“Dominion over his Children’s Youthful Souls”......Page 257
Sibling Rivalry......Page 260
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS......Page 261
NOTES......Page 262
INTRODUCTION......Page 266
FORMER PRESIDENTS AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES......Page 268
FORMER PRESIDENTS AS OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT......Page 272
OTHER PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF PRESIDENTS......Page 273
ADDITIONAL INFLUENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONSOF FORMER PRESIDENTS......Page 275
A NOTE ON FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS......Page 277
NOTES......Page 278
APPENDIX A. THE PRESIDENTS......Page 280
Section 1.......Page 282
Section 3.......Page 283
Section 4.......Page 284
AMENDMENT XII [RATIFIED JUNE 1804]......Page 286
AMENDMENT XX [RATIFIED JANUARY 1933]......Page 287
AMENDMENT XXV [RATIFIED FEBRUARY 1967]......Page 288
AMENDMENT XXVI [RATIFIED JULY 1971]......Page 289
APPENDIX D. LAW OF PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION......Page 290
JOURNALS/PERIODICALS......Page 292
LIBRARIES......Page 293
CENTERS/ASSOCIATIONS......Page 294
First Ladies......Page 295
The White House and First Families......Page 296
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 298
INDEX......Page 302