Presidential Studies Reader

PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES READER......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 CHALLENGES FACING THE PRESIDENCY......Page 10 CHALLENGES TO STUDYING THE PRESIDENCY......Page 12 Methods for Studying the Presidency......Page 13 Conceptual Approaches to Studying the Presidency......Page 14 NOTES......Page 16 HISTORICAL REASSESSMENTS OF PRESIDENTS......Page 18 INTRODUCTION......Page 20 WASHINGTON’S CHANGING ATTITUDE ON SLAVERY......Page 21 HOW GENERAL WAS THE ACCEPTANCE OF SLAVERY?......Page 23 WASHINGTON FACES THE SLAVERY ISSUE......Page 24 CONCLUSION......Page 26 NOTES......Page 27 BACKGROUND......Page 30 THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT......Page 31 BLEEDING KANSAS......Page 34 RENOMINATION......Page 36 CONCLUSION......Page 37 NOTES......Page 38 THE DOMESTIC LINCOLN AND CONGRESSIONAL GOVERNMENT......Page 40 LAND LEGISLATION......Page 42 CURRENCY AND BANKING......Page 44 CONCLUSION......Page 49 NOTES......Page 51 INTRODUCTION......Page 54 BACKGROUND: HOW DID HAYES AND HARRISON WIN?......Page 55 Inaugural......Page 56 Selecting a Cabinet......Page 57 The South as His First Test......Page 58 HARRISON: THE PRICE OF BEING A REPUBLICAN MAVERICK......Page 60 Early Talk of Nominations......Page 61 A Strong Inaugural......Page 62 Dealing with the “Bosses”......Page 63 The Halstead Affair......Page 64 CONCLUSION: LESSONS LEARNED?......Page 65 POSTSCRIPT: IS BUSH V. GOREMOOT?......Page 68 NOTES......Page 69 THE CHALLENGE OF GOVERNING......Page 72 INTRODUCTION......Page 74 WRITING FOR GERALD R. FORD......Page 75 WRITING FOR JIMMY CARTER......Page 79 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 83 NOTES......Page 86 OVERVIEW......Page 90 THE VETO MESSAGE AS A RHETORICAL GENRE......Page 92 DATA, HYPOTHESES AND MEASURES......Page 93 Forcefulness......Page 94 Partisanship......Page 95 FINDINGS......Page 96 CONCLUSION......Page 102 Accessibility......Page 103 Partisanship......Page 104 Economy......Page 105 NOTES......Page 106 INTRODUCTION......Page 110 STEERING THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA: BUSH OR THE DEMOCRATS?......Page 111 DATA AND ANALYSIS......Page 113 BUSH’S ROLL-CALL SUCCESS ON WHITE HOUSE KEY VOTES, 1989......Page 114 INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT: BASELINES FOR COMPARISON......Page 115 “VETO STRENGTH” AND VETO THREATS: A CLOSER ANALYSIS......Page 118 CONCLUSIONS......Page 120 PPENDIX 1WHITE HOUSE “KEY VOTES” ANALYSIS, 1989......Page 121 NOTES......Page 123 OVERVIEW......Page 126 POLITICAL NATURE OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS......Page 127 Routine Confirmation or Detailed Inquiry......Page 128 Setting Standards of Judgment and Evaluation......Page 130 Prolonging the Nomination Process......Page 132 ASSERTING SENATORIAL PREROGATIVE......Page 133 THE POLITICS OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS......Page 134 Judicial Fitness......Page 135 DIPLOMATIC AND OTHER NOMINATIONS......Page 136 CONCLUSION......Page 138 NOTES......Page 139 RELATIONS WITH CONGRESS AND PUBLIC POLICY......Page 142 INTRODUCTION......Page 144 Norms, Rules, and Institutions......Page 145 Political Elites......Page 146 THE OLD REGIME......Page 148 The McKinley Administration......Page 150 THE NEW REGIME......Page 151 Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy......Page 153 The Navy......Page 154 The Far East......Page 155 CONCLUSION......Page 156 NOTES......Page 158 INTRODUCTION......Page 164 THE “FAVORITE SON” PRESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE......Page 165 THE REAGAN FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA......Page 166 THE CONTROL CASE: THE GRENADA INVASION......Page 168 GEORGE BUSH AS A FAVORITE SON......Page 170 PRE-TEST: THE PANAMANIAN INTERVENTION......Page 171 POST-TEST: THE PERSIAN GULF CRISIS......Page 173 CONCLUSION......Page 174 NOTES......Page 176 INTRODUCTION......Page 180 FDR Through LBJ, 1934-1969......Page 181 The Ford Era......Page 182 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: PERCEPTIONS OF CARTER’SPOLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESS......Page 183 THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION AND AIRLINEDEREGULATION: THE PLAYERS......Page 185 WHITE HOUSE STRATEGY......Page 188 Going Public......Page 189 Persuasion......Page 191 Divide & Conquer......Page 194 CONCLUSION......Page 195 NOTES......Page 196 THE PRESIDENT’S ROLE IN THE MODERN BUDGET PROCESS......Page 206 PRESIDENT CLINTON AND THE 1993 BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL......Page 207 CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT OF THE 1993BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL: AN ANALYSIS......Page 209 POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE1993 BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL......Page 213 THE SUCCESS OF THE 1993 BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL:THE ADVENT OF BUDGET SURPLUSES......Page 215 CONCLUSION......Page 218 NOTES......Page 219 RESEARCHING AND EVALUATING THE PRESIDENCY......Page 222 RANKING THE PRESIDENTS......Page 224 EVALUATING PRESIDENTS......Page 225 THE RISE, FALL, AND RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT......Page 226 REVISITING THE LEGACY......Page 230 NOTES......Page 231 AN EMERGING CONSENSUS......Page 234 Expectations Gap......Page 235 Divided Government......Page 237 Ennobled Congress......Page 238 Presidential Constraints......Page 239 NOTES......Page 244 INTRODUCTION......Page 250 EXPLAINING THE PRESIDENTS WITH PSYCHOLOGY......Page 251 Barber’s Many Critics......Page 252 FUTURE PRESIDENTS......Page 253 The Youth of an Active-Positive?......Page 255 Health Problems......Page 256 “Dominion over his Children’s Youthful Souls”......Page 257 Sibling Rivalry......Page 260 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS......Page 261 NOTES......Page 262 INTRODUCTION......Page 266 FORMER PRESIDENTS AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES......Page 268 FORMER PRESIDENTS AS OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT......Page 272 OTHER PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF PRESIDENTS......Page 273 ADDITIONAL INFLUENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONSOF FORMER PRESIDENTS......Page 275 A NOTE ON FORMER VICE PRESIDENTS......Page 277 NOTES......Page 278 APPENDIX A. THE PRESIDENTS......Page 280 Section 1.......Page 282 Section 3.......Page 283 Section 4.......Page 284 AMENDMENT XII [RATIFIED JUNE 1804]......Page 286 AMENDMENT XX [RATIFIED JANUARY 1933]......Page 287 AMENDMENT XXV [RATIFIED FEBRUARY 1967]......Page 288 AMENDMENT XXVI [RATIFIED JULY 1971]......Page 289 APPENDIX D. LAW OF PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION......Page 290 JOURNALS/PERIODICALS......Page 292 LIBRARIES......Page 293 CENTERS/ASSOCIATIONS......Page 294 First Ladies......Page 295 The White House and First Families......Page 296 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 298 INDEX......Page 302