"Renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek's insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His seminal works have identified broad historical patterns in American politics and explained the dynamics at...
In this new book, Skowronek revisits his political time thesis and focuses on how it helps us make sense of the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
In the original edition of this book, Skowronek revisited that thesis to make better sense of the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. In this new edition, he also addresses the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency.
A classic on the politics of leadership, now expanded to include a chapter on the Trump presidency. Examines the typical political problems that presidents confront again and again, as well as the likely effects of working through them.
In this expanded third edition, renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek, addresses Donald J. Trump’s presidency.