Transformed by Crisis : The Presidency of George W. Bush and American Politics

by McMahon, Kevin J.; Rankin, David M.; Kraus, Jon

• ISBN13: 9780230602212
• ISBN10: 0230602215
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

"The scholarship is first-rate, the writing clear and lively, the analysis deep and penetrating, the topic of vital importance to our understanding of one of the most important, if problematic presidencies of the past quarter-century."--Michael A. Genovese, author of "The Power of the American Presidency" "The editors have assembled a first-rate team of contributors who have given us the most compelling insights into the George W. Bush presidency to date. A must-read!"--John Kenneth White, Catholic University of America

Author Biography

Jon Kraus is Professor of Political Science, Kevin J. McMahon is Associate Professor of Political Science, and David M. Rankin is Associate Professor of Political Science at SUNY Fredonia.

Table of Contents

Preface * Contributors * September 11th and Bush's Presidency--Jon Kraus * The 2000 Election of George W. Bush--James Campbell * Ordinary Events and Extraordinary Times: The 2002 Congressional Elections--Donald Beachler * The Press, the Public, and the Two Presidencies of George W. Bush--David M. Rankin * Changing the Tone? Congressional-Presidential Relations in the Second Bush Administration--Colton C. Campbell and Robert P. Watson * Mastering Presidential Government: Executive Power and the Bush Administration--Shirley Anne Warshaw * Crisis and the Pursuit of Conservatism: Liberty, Security, and the Bush Justice Department--Kevin J. McMahon * Gun Rights for Terrorists? Gun Control and the Bush Presidency--Robert J. Spitzer * Acting Like a Colossus: Bush's Foreign Policy, Unilateralism, and the Pursuit of Primacy--Jon Kraus * The Challenges Ahead: George W. Bush and the 2004 Election--Kevin J. McMahon and David M. Rankin