The presidential leadership dilemma : between the Constitution and a political party /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2013.
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| Series: | SUNY series in American constitutionalism.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: a rock and a hard place: between a party and the people
- Pathways to the nomination: an analytic framework
- Presidential mandates and the leadership dilemma: William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama
- Playing for history: the reelection leadership choices of presidents
- William J. Clinton and George W. Bush
- Presidents, leverage, and significant public policy
- The base realignment and closing commission: difficult choices, electoral considerations, and the future of national leadership in a partisan age
- The paradoxes of presidential leadership in pursuing policy goals
- Taking credit and avoiding blame: the politics of rhetorical signing statements under unified and divided government
- President Obama and counterterrorism policy: when campaign promises meet governing imperatives
- Conclusion: the right choice at the right time.