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Title: |
White House Studies Compendium |
| Sub-title: |
Volume 3 |
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| Edited by: |
Robert Watson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1600215343 : 9781600215346 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
473 |
| Weight: |
1.202 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - December 2007 |
| List Price: |
216.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Political leaders & leadership : USA |
| The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. This Compendium brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency -- dealing with both current issues and historical events. The compendia consist of the combined and rearranged issues of "White House Studies" with the addition of a comprehensive subject index. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Presidential Ratings: Lessons and Liabilities; Ranking the Presidents: Continuity and Volatility; Evaluating the President: The Public’s Perspective through the Prism of Pollsters; Presidents and Significance: Partisanship as a Source of Perceived Greatness; Partisan Biases in Presidential Ratings: Ulysses, Woodrow and Calvin 'We Hardly Knew Ye'; Reflections of a Presidency Rater; Rating the Presidents: Purpose, Criteria, Consequences; Of Pantheons, Rankings and Reputations; Getting Started in the White House: Variations in Modern Presidential Transitions; President Reagan, White House Lobbying, and Key Votes: A Reassessment; Presidential Co-ordination Efforts in Economic Policymaking: An Historical Analysis, 1945-1992; The Dilemma: Evaluating the First Post-Cold War President; Party Platforms as Tools of Presidential Agenda Setting; William Jennings Bryan and the Presidential Campaign of 1896; ; John F. Kennedy Library and Museum; The Electoral College and the Framers’ Distrust of Democracy; ; Shysters, Sycophants, and Sexual Deviants: The Hollywood Presidency in the 1990s; The Failure to Govern One’s Self: Presidential Transitions, Partisan Learning, and Clinton’s Quest for Greatness; The Political Question Doctrine, Executive Discretion, and Foreign Affairs; Teaching First Ladies; A Student-Centred Approach to Teaching a Course on First Ladies; A Tale of Two Cabins: Searching for Andrew Jackson’s Birthplace; ; Homeland Security from Clinton to Bush: An Assessment; United States Homeland Security in the Information Age: Dealing with the Threat of Cyberterrorism; Presidential War Powers and the War on Terrorism: Are We Destined to Repeat Our Mistakes?; Terrorism in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines and Indonesia ; America's War on Terrorism in Southern Asia: Political and Military Dilemmas; The Evolution of American Grand Strategy and the War on Terrorism: Clinton and Bush Perspectives; Index. |
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