Presidential Power: Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-First Century (Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century)

A collection of essays that reevaluates Richard Neustadt's place in presidential studies and shows that, while Neustadt's classic work remains a beacon for the study of the presidency, it no longer offers a reliable roadmap embodying the consensus among contemporary scholars. Richard Neustadt's seminal work __Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership__ has endured for nearly four decades as the core of academic study of the American presidency. Now, building on and challenging many of the arguments in Neustadt's work, __Presidential Power: Forging the Presidency for the Twenty-first Century__ offers reflections and implications from what we have learned about presidential power as the new century dawns. These essays—including a new contribution by Neustadt himself—forge a solid reexamination of Neustadt's __Presidential Power__ that address questions raised but not resolved by his work. A notable aspect of this volume's analysis is the transformed institution of the presidency in the wake of the impeachment hearings of the country's last twentieth-century president, Bill Clinton. From the portrayal of presidents as persuaders to the politics of presidential transitions, each of the constituent essays in this volume provides an engaging look at the state of the American presidency. CONTENTS 6 PREFACE 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 CONTRIBUTORS 14 1. Introduction: Presidential Power 18 PART I Richard Neustadt’s Presidential Power and American Political Science 24 2. Neustadt’s Power Approach to the Presidency 26 3. Richard Neustadt in the History of American Political Science 33 PART II Presidents as Persuaders and the Personalization of Power 46 4. Personal Power and Presidents 48 5. Bargaining and Presidential Power 64 6. The Timing of Presidential Speeches: Can the President Be an Effective Teacher? 95 7. The President’s Inner Circle: Personality and Leadership Style in Foreign Policy Decision-making 122 PART III Organizing and Institutionalizing the Presidency 174 8. Staffing and Organizing the Presidency 176 9. The Institutionalization of Power 195 10. Staffing the White House, 1937–1996: The Institutional Implications of Neustadt’s Bargaining Paradigm 226 11. The Presidential Kaleidoscope: Advisory Networks in Action 252 PART IV The President in the Political System 280 12. The President in the Political System—In Neustadt’s Shadow 282 13. Political Time and Policy Coalitions: Structure and Agency in Presidential Power 291 14. The Institutional Face of Presidential Power: Congressional Delegation of Authority to the President 328 15. Hitting the Ground Running: The Politics of Presidential Appointments in Transition 356 PART V The Potential for Leadership. 378 16. Presidential Power and the Potential for Leadership 380 17. Presidential Polling and the Potential for Leadership 397 18. The President as Message and Messenger: Personal Style and Presidential Communications 425 19. The Limits of the Transformational Presidency 452 PART VI Conclusion: Forging the Presidency for the 21st Century 474 20. A Preachment from Retirement 476 21. The Impeachment of President Bill Clinton: Background 485 22. The “Hard Case” for Presidential Power: Impeachment Politics and Law 490 23. Conclusion: Presidential Power, Institutions, and Democracy 506 INDEX 526 A 526 B 527 C 528 D 530 E 530 F 531 G 532 H 532 I 532 J 533 K 533 L 534 M 535 N 536 O 537 P 537 Q 539 R 539 S 540 T 541 U 541 V 542 W 542 Y 542 Z 542 Building on Richard Neustadt's work "Presidential Power: the Politics of Leadership", this work offers reflections and implications from what has been learned about presidential power. Each essay takes a different look at the state of the American presidency The frustration of Americans with government reach record highs from the 1970s to the end of the century, even as policymakers in Washington were intent on restructuring the federal government to make it more efficient and effective. Robert Y. Shapiro, Martha Joynt Kumar, Lawrence R. Jacobs, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.