Examines how the president balances the competing demands of leading his political party and leading the nation.
The contributors to this volume investigate how recent presidents have navigated these increasingly rocky political waters.
The book follows a clear format and tries to show why America's officeholders have so rarely been leaders and how presidents can become leaders instead of mere officeholders.
... Richard Alan Ryerson, "Republican Theory and Partisan Reality in Revolutionary Pennsylvania: Toward a New View of the Constitutionalist Party," in Sovereign States in an Age of Uncertainty, ed. Ronald Hoffman and Peter J. Albert, ...
This book assesses the impact of presidential character on the popularity, productivity, and ethics of contemporary presidents.
15 Roosevelt, Thomas Hart Benton (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1887); Gouverneur Morris (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1888). 16 Roosevelt, The Winning of ... 19 Kirt H. Wilson, The Problem with Public Memory: Benjamin Harrison Confronts the ...
Dilemmas of Presidential Leadership: From Washington Through Lincoln
Arguing that American presidents of the last 30 years have largely failed to meet the needs, expectations, and responsibilities placed upon them, the book discusses how presidents might better maximize their opportunities for leadership and ...
Michael A. Genovese argues that presidents are set up for failure; it is not specific presidents but the presidency itself that is the problem.
In Delivering the People’s Message, Julia R. Azari draws on an original dataset of more than 1,500 presidential communications, as well as primary documents from six presidential libraries, to systematically examine choices made by ...
This book considers the enduring question of how presidents can effectively exercise power within our system of shared powers by examining major tools and theories of presidential power, including Neustadt's theory of persuasion and ...