Understanding the Presidency

by Pfiffner, James P.; Davidson, Roger H.

• ISBN13: 9780321434357
• ISBN10: 0321434358
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The selections in this reader were chosen with two aims in mind: (1) to provide a historical perspective, so often neglected in similar texts, that explains how the events of the past two centuries led us to where we are today, and (2) to present the most important current issues that are shaping the Bush administration and the presidency. This collection of readings offers students a combination of "classic" scholarly analyses, the best of current scholarship, and engaging insights into the nature of the contemporary presidency.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
SECTION 1 Constitutional Origins of the Presidency	1	(38)
READING 1 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson	6	(2)
James Madison
READING 2 Federalist No. 69	8	(3)
Alexander Hamilton
READING 3 Federalist No. 70	11	(3)
Alexander Hamilton
READING 4 Constitutional Qualifications for President	14	(9)
Michael Nelson
READING 5 Reevaluating the Electoral College	23	(16)
James P. Pfiffner
SECTION 2 Historical Perspectives on the Presidency	39	(30)
READING 6 The Strict Constructionist Presidency	46	(2)
William Howard Taft
READING 7 The Stewardship Presidency	48	(2)
Theodore Roosevelt
READING 8 The Public Presidency	50	(3)
Woodrow Wilson
READING 9 The Prerogative Presidency	53	(2)
Abraham Lincoln
READING 10 Toward a Modern Presidency	55	(3)
Fred 1. Greenstein
READING 11 The Presidency in the Political Order	58	(11)
Stephen Skowronek
SECTION 3 Selecting Presidents: Campaigns, Elections, and Mandates	69	(88)
READING 12 Nomination Politics, Party Unity, and Presidential Elections	74	(17)
James E. Campbell
READING 13 Campaigning For Cash Under New Rules: Presidential Fundraising in 2004	91	(16)
Louis Dezseran and Clyde Wilcox
READING 14 Party Favors	107	(3)
Robert B. Reich
READING 15 The Presidential Election of 2000	110	(8)
Gerald M. Pomper
READING 16 The Presidential "Hundred Days"	118	(5)
Richard E. Neustadt
READING 17 The Myth of Presidential Mandate	123	(10)
Robert A. Dahl
READING 18 Presidential Campaigning and Presidential Governance The Case of 2004	133	(16)
Roger H. Davidson
READING 19 The "Permanent Campaign"	149	(8)
Hugh Heclo
SECTION 4 The Public Presidency: Press, Media, and Public Approval	157	(72)
READING 20 The Press and the Presidency	161	(12)
Mark J. Rozell
READING 21 The Presidency And Image Management: Discipline In Pursuit Of Illusion	173	(12)
Jeremy D. Mayer, George Mason University
READING 22 The Presidential Pulpit: Bully or Baloney?	185	(10)
George C. Edwards, III
READING 23 Presidential Persuasion and Press Coverage of the War in Iraq	195	(18)
Caroline Heldman
READING 24 Presidential Impeachment Politics	213	(16)
Richard M. Pious
SECTION 5 The Institutional Presidency	229	(60)
READING 25 The White House Staff	233	(2)
The President's Committee on Administrative Management (Brownlow Committee)
READING 26 Can the President Manage the Government?	235	(17)
James P. Pfiffner
READING 27 Locked in the Cabinet	252	(8)
Robert B. Reich
READING 28 The Changing Presidential Office	260	(11)
Hugh Heclo
READING 29 Bureaucracy in the American Constitutional Order	271	(8)
Francis E. Rourke
READING 30 Presidential Appointments and the Office of Presidential Personnel	279	(10)
Bradley H. Patterson and James P. Pfiffner
SECTION 6 The Separation of Powers	289	(50)
READING 31 Presidential Relations with Congress	292	(16)
Roger H. Davidson
READING 32 The Disappearing Political Center	308	(5)
Sarah A. Binder
READING 33 Is the Separation of Powers Obsolete? The Congressional-Presidential Balance of Power	313	(15)
Robert J. Spitzer
READING 34 Presidents and the Judicial Appointment Process	328	(11)
John Anthony Maltese
SECTION 7 Domestic Policy Leadership	339	(44)
READING 35 The Hundred Days	342	(7)
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
READING 36 The Power to Persuade	349	(6)
Richard E. Neustadt
READING 37 The Presidency and Domestic Policy: the Civil Rights Act of 1964	355	(12)
Robert D. Loevy
READING 38 Unilateral Powers: A Brief Overview	367	(16)
William G. Howell
SECTION 8 Commander-in-Chief and National Security	383	(60)
READING 39 Invitation to Struggle: The President, Congress, and National Security	386	(10)
Louis Fisher
READING 40 Deference and Defiance: The Shifting Rhythms of Executive-Legislative Relations in Foreign Policy	396	(18)
James A. Lindsay
READING 41 Demise of the War Clause	414	(7)
David Mervin
READING 42 Iran–Contra: What Was Wrong	421	(11)
Report of the President's Special Review Board
READING 43 Condoleezza Rice as NSC Advisor	432	(11)
John P. Burke
SECTION 9 Evaluating Presidents: Greatness and Abuse of Power	443
READING 44 Three Crises of Character in the Modern Presidency	446	(17)
James P. Pfiffner
READING 45 Being Liked and Being President	463	(5)
Paul Brace and Barbara Hinckley
READING 46 "If Men Were Angels...": Presidential Leadership and Accountability	468	(6)
Thomas E. Cronin and Michael A. Genovese
READING 47 The Transformation of the Bush Presidency	474	(20)
James P. Pfiffner
READING 48 A New Imperial Presidency?	494
Andrew Rudalevige