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The Presidency and the Political System
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The Presidency and the Political System

Eleventh Edition
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Presidency

March 2018 | 608 pages | CQ Press

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

—Bryan McQuide, Grand View University

Written by top-notch presidency scholars and carefully edited into a text-reader format, The Presidency and the Political System, Eleventh Edition showcases a collection of original essays focused on a range of topics, institutions, and issues relevant to understanding the American presidency. Author Michael Nelson rigorously edits each contribution to present students with a set of analytical yet accessible chapters and contextual headnotes introducing each essay. Students 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 Obama's second term and the major shifts represented by the new Trump administration. 


 
Preface
 
Contributors
 
PART I APPROACHES TO THE PRESIDENCY
Jeffrey K. Tulis
Chapter 1. The Two Constitutional Presidencies
Lyn Ragsdale
Chapter 2. Studying the Presidency: Why Presidents Need Political Scientists
 
PART II ELEMENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER
Stephen Skowronek
Chapter 3. The Development of Presidential Power: Conservative Insurgency and Constitutional Construction
Sidney M. Milkis and Marc Landy
Chapter 4. The Presidency in History: Leading from the Eye of the Storm
Paul J. Quirk
Chapter 5. Presidential Competence
Michael Nelson
Chapter 6. The Psychological Presidency
 
PART III PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION
Lara M. Brown
Chapter 7. The Presidency and the Nominating Process: Aspirants, Parties, and Selections
George C. Edwards III
Chapter 8. The Faulty Premises of the Electoral College
 
PART IV PRESIDENTS AND POLITICS
Bruce Miroff
Chapter 9. The Presidential Spectacle
Marjorie Randon Hershey
Chapter 10. The President and the Media: The Case of Donald Trump
Daniel J. Tichenor
Chapter 11. The Presidency and Interest Groups: Allies, Adversaries, and Policy Leadership
Sidney M. Milkis
Chapter 12. The Presidency and Political Parties
 
PART V PRESIDENTS AND GOVERNMENT
John P. Burke
Chapter 13. The Institutional Presidency
David E. Lewis and Terry M. Moe
Chapter 14. The Presidency and the Bureaucracy: The Levers of Presidential Control
Matthew J. Dickinson
Chapter 15. The President and Congress
David A. Yalof
Chapter 16. The Presidency and the Judiciary
Andrew Rudalevige
Chapter 17. The Presidency and Unilateral Power: A Taxonomy
 
PART VI PRESIDENTS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Roger B. Porter
Chapter 18. Presidential Power and Public Policy
Andrew J. Polsky
Chapter 19. The Presidency at War: The Limits of Agency in Wartime Presidential Leadership
Michael Nelson
Chapter 20. “The Firing, Retiring, and Expiring of Presidents”: Impeachment, Disability, Resignation, and Death—From the Constitutional Convention to Donald Trump
 
Index

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

Bryan McQuide
Grand View University

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

Ashley Moraguez
University of North Carolina, Asheville

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
California State University, Fullerton

Please send me a copy to review asap!

Mildred Elizabeth Sanders
Political Science Dept, Cornell University
July 8, 2018

Michael C. Nelson

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... More About Author

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