Each president brings to the White House a distinct set of personal characteristics and a preferred leadership style, but just how much have individual presidents shaped domestic policy? To understand and assess what factors determine one president's success and another's limited accomplishments, it is important to examine both the individual's leadership roles and the circumstances which shape their opportunities for success. This new book systematically examines the first terms of every president from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to William Jefferson Clinton and assesses the leadership style, the policy agenda, and the political opportunity of each. Each president's success in effecting landmark legislation and other policy change is measured and evaluated.William W. Lammers and Michael A. Genovese look at how different levels of opportunity affect leadership and how each president played the political hands he was dealt. By dividing presidents along opportunity lines, Lammers and Genovese assess how skillful each president was in the art of presidential leadership, what strategies and tactics they employed to achieve their goals, and the policy legacies left by each.
Chronicles the life education of Karl Hess, who became a defiant tester of the prevailing ideas of each decade. He lived by trial and error, and was always willing to acknowledge his mistakes. Hess provides eyewitness accounts, personal observations, insights on leadership and dissent, and leaves behind a path to realising the dream of freedom.
A volume of statistical information on the American presidency. It features ten essays and more than 150 tables and figures to explain key statistical patterns about the presidency as an institution, looking beyond the individual office holders to the office itself.
This comprehensive and up-to-date analysis provides an accessible and understandable overview of how we choose our president and how the process has developed throughout our history. Every stage of the selection process is uncovered and made plain: the candidate's decision to enter the race, campaign strategy and fundraising, primaries and ......
Written from the perspective of the Republican landslide of 1994, this is the only available volume of original research that evaluates the relations between Congress and the presidency.Fourteen scholars examine the competition between the president and Congress using a variety of approaches and perspectives. Important areas discussed are the ......
Renshon (political science, City U. of New York) traces the increasing importance of character as an issue in political campaigns, detailing two approaches to the issue of presidential psychology involving the mental health of candidates and personal qualities such as honesty and motivation. He pre
A resource on the 12 presidential libraries of the USA. With over 80 photographs, the volume details each library's holdings which include official records, photographs, films and papers. It records facts on each library, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours, resources and contacts.
This work describes the process by which the US president and vice president are elected. It identifies and discusses key issues, exploring historical precedents, the pitfalls and unresolved issues of the system, and the role of all groups involved, including political parties and the courts.
Thomas tells the story of the village where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1837. His three-part examination of the village often referred to as Lincoln's "Alma Mater" features the founding and early history of New Salem, Lincoln's impact on the village and its effect on him, and the story of the Lincoln legend and the reconstruction of the ......
