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Preface | |
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Presidential Paradoxes | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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How We Evaluate Presidents | |
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What the Framers Expected | |
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What Was Expected in the Nineteenth Century? | |
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Public Expectations Toward Presidents in Recent Times | |
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Qualities Americans Look For in Presidents | |
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Leadership the Public Wants | |
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How Americans Judge Incumbent Presidents | |
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Why Disapproval Ratings Rise | |
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What Can a President Do? | |
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How the Public Judges Presidents | |
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How Experts Judge Presidents | |
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Can We Predict Presidential Effectiveness? | |
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What Is Presidential Greatness? | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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How We Elect Presidents | |
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Who Becomes President? | |
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Why Voters Vote the Way They Do | |
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The Invisible Primary | |
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Presidential Primaries | |
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Caucuses | |
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National Conventions | |
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Incumbency: Advantage or Disadvantage? | |
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Incumbency and the Obama Presidency: Lame Duck, Sitting Duck, or Dead Duck? | |
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General Elections: What Matters? | |
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The Electoral College Debate | |
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How the Electoral College Works Today | |
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The Case for Retaining the Electoral College | |
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The Case Against the Electoral College | |
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The Case for the Direct Election of Presidents | |
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From Election to Governing | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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Presidential Power and Leadership | |
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The Moods and Cycles of American Politics | |
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The Vagaries of Presidential Power | |
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Unresolved Questions | |
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Persuasion and Power | |
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Power-Maximizing Strategies | |
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Presidential Leadership | |
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The Building Blocks of Presidential Leadership | |
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Vision | |
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Skill | |
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Political Timing | |
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The "Conditions" of Power | |
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Are We Too Presidency-Centric? | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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The Presidential Job Description in a System of Shared Powers | |
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The Presidency as Defined and Debated in 1787 | |
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The Presidency as Redefined by Washington and His Successors | |
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The Presidency as Redefined by FDR and the Modern Presidents | |
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The Job of the Modern President | |
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The Foreign Affairs Presidency | |
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The Economic Presidency | |
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The Domestic Presidency | |
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The Multidimensional Presidency | |
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Crisis Management | |
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Symbolic, Morale-Building, and Shamanistic Leadership | |
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Vision, Priority Setting, and Program Design | |
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Recruitment Leadership | |
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Legislative and Political Coalition Building | |
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Policy Implementation and Evaluation | |
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Oversight and Early-Warning Systems | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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Presidents and Congress | |
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Separate Institutions/Shared Powers | |
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The President's Constitutional Place | |
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Historical Evolution | |
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The Politics of Shared Power | |
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The President in the Legislative Arena | |
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Parties and Presidents: An Awkward Alliance | |
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The "No Party" Presidency | |
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Presidents and Use of Party Appeal in Congress | |
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The Presidential Veto | |
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Presidents and Congress in Foreign Affairs | |
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Bush, the Congress, and Iraq | |
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The "Imperial Presidency" Argument | |
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Presidential War-Making Powers Before 1974 | |
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The Continuing Debate Over War Powers | |
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Confirmation Politics | |
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Fusing What the Framers Separated | |
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The Continuing Struggle | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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Presidents as Chief Executives: Challenges and Resources | |
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Presidents and the Cabinet | |
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Selecting Cabinet Advisers | |
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The Job of a Cabinet Member | |
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The West Wing Wants Loyalty along with Competence | |
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The Role of the Cabinet in Policymaking | |
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A Cabinet of Unequals | |
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The Inner Cabinet | |
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A National Security Cabinet | |
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Attorneys General | |
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Treasury Secretary | |
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The Outer Cabinet | |
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Outer-Cabinet Isolation | |
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The Rise of the Administrative Presidency | |
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The Executive Office of the President, Continued | |
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The President's Spouse | |
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The White House Staff | |
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White House Chief of Staff | |
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National Security Adviser | |
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The Chief White House Political Counselor | |
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White House Press Secretary | |
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Advocacy Conflicts | |
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Dealing with the Bureaucracy | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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The American Vice Presidency | |
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Traditional Problems | |
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President of the Senate | |
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Vice Presidents as "Assistant Presidents" | |
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Psychological Problems or the "Throttlebottom Complex" | |
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The Mondale Experience | |
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The George H. W. Bush Experience | |
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The Gore Experience | |
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The Dick Cheney Vice Presidency | |
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The Biden Vice Presidency | |
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Selection | |
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Succession | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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Presidents and the Court | |
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Presidential Nominations to the Court | |
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Confirmation Battles | |
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Wayward Justices | |
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The Temptation to Move Beyond The Law | |
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The Presidents Emergency Power | |
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Presidential Action in Times of Emergency | |
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Court Decisions and Presidential Power | |
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Presidential Losses Before The Supreme Court | |
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Conclusion | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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The Future of the American Presidency | |
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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow | |
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Holding Presidents to Account | |
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The Presidency and Democratic Theory | |
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"Votes of No Confidence?" | |
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What About a "Presidents Question Hour in Congress"? | |
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A Third Party to the Rescue? | |
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Should We Repeal the Twenty-Second (Two-Term Limit) Amendment? | |
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Should Presidents Be Granted an Item Veto? | |
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Limiting the Presidents War Powers | |
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The Ultimate Check: Impeachment and Removal | |
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Campaign Finance Reform-Again | |
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Accountability in an Age of Terrorism | |
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The Necessity for Politics and Democratic Accountability | |
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For Discussion | |
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Debate Questions | |
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Internet Links | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Notes | |
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Presidential Election Results, 1789-2012 | |
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Index | |