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Author:   George C. Edwards III (Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University) ,  William G. Howell (Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.526kg
ISBN:  

9780199604418

ISBN 10:   019960441
Pages:   892
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: George C. Edwards III and William G. Howell: Introduction Approaches to Studying the Presidency 2: William G. Howell: Quantitative Approaches to the Study of the Presidency 3: Brandice Canes-Wrone: Game Theory and the Study of the American Presidency 4: Scott C. James: Historical Institutionalism, Political Development, and the Presidency Precursors to Governance 5: James P. Pfiffner: Presidential Transitions 6: B. Dan Wood: Presidents and the Political Agenda The Public Presidency 7: Dennis M. Simon: Public Expectations of the President 8: James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs: Presidential Responsiveness to Public Opinion 9: George C. Edwards III: Leading the Public 10: Terri Bimes: Understanding the Rhetorical Presidency 11: Paul Gronke and Brian Newman: Public Evaluations of Presidents 12: Jeffrey E. Cohen: The Presidency and the Mass Media The Legislative Presidency 13: David W. Rhode and Meredith Barthelemy: The President and Congressional Parties in an Era of Polarization 14: Stephen J. Wayne: Legislative Skills 15: George C. Edwards III: Presidential Approval as a Source of Influence in Congress 16: John J. Coleman and David C. W. Parker: The Consequences of Divided Government 17: Burdett A. Loomis: Connecting Interest Groups to the Presidency Unilateral Action 18: Kenneth R. Mayer: Going Alone: The Presidential Power of Unilateral Action 19: Richard M. Pious: Prerogative Power and Presidential Politics 20: Richard W. Waterman: Assessing the Unilateral Presidency Decision-Making 21: John P. Burke: Organizational Structure and Presidential Decision-Making 22: Karen M. Hult and Charles E. Walcott: Influences on Presidential Decision-Making 23: Stephen G. Walker: The Psychology of Presidential Decision-Making Implementing Policy 24: Robert F. Durant and William G. Resh: Presidential Agendas, Administrative Strategies, and the Bureaucracy 25: Anne M. Khademian: The Presidency-Bureaucracy Nexus: Examining Competence and Responsiveness Judicial Relations 26: Lee Epstein and Jeffrey A. Segal: Nominating Federal Judges and Justices 27: Keith E. Whittington: Judicial Checks on the President International Politics 28: Douglas L. Kriner: Presidents, Domestic Politics, and the International Arena 29: Jon C. Pevehouse: Presidents and International Cooperation 30: William G. Howell and Tana Johnson: War's Contributions to Presidential Power Reflections 31: Stephen Skowronek: The Paradigm of Development in Presidential History 32: Hugh Heclo: Whose Presidency Is This Anyhow? 33: Louis Fisher: Political Scientists and the Public Law Tradition 34: George C. Edwards III: The Study of Leadership

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<br> The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency is an outstanding intellectual enterprise. No student of the American chief executive can afford to be without this landmark work. --Fred I. Greenstein, Professor Emeritus of Politics, Princeton University<p><br> Edwards and Howell have assembled an extraordinary set of authors for this handbook, making it one of the most important contributions to the study of the presidency in the last <br>decade. Such collections do not make original research contributions, but when well done they consolidate existing knowledge in a manner that is helpful to students and faculty; they flag lacunae in existing research and suggest fruitful directions for new research. The contributors to this volume are the acknowledged experts on the topics about which they write. Every essay is as close to comprehensive as is possible...The handbook is critical for any serious presidential scholar and is an essential addition to any college or university library c

* Stephen McGlinchey, e-International Relations *

Author Information

George C. Edwards III is a leading scholar of the presidency, he has written or edited 23 books on American politics and public policy making. He is also editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly and general editor of The Oxford Handbook of American Politics series. Professor Edwards has served as president of the Presidency Research Section of the American Political Science Association, which has named its annual dissertation prize in his honor and awarded him its Career Service Award. He is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and holds the Chair in Presidential Studies. William Howell has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency. His recent research examines how domestic political institutions constrain the president's ability to exercise military force abroad. Before coming to the Harris School, Howell taught in the government department at Harvard University and the political science department at the University of Wisconsin. In 2000, he received a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. He is Associate Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.

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