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Title: |
White House Studies Compendium |
| Sub-title: |
Volume 12 |
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| Edited by: |
Thomas Lansford |
| ISBN10-13: |
1631170325 : 9781631170324 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
260x180mm |
| Pages: |
556 |
| Weight: |
1.002 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - March 2014 |
| List Price: |
415.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Subjects: |
Research methods: general : Political leaders & leadership |
| The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendency of American power in the 20th century. "White House Studies Compendium" brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency and deals with both current issues and historical events. This volume pays special attention to comparisons of the presidencies of George W Bush and Barack Obama. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; President Jimmy Carter as a Reluctant Decision-Maker; “Soft Power:” A New (?) Realism in the Age of Obama; Succeeding in Presidential Succession: Context for the Continuity of Government Commission Report; George W. Bush & Political Control of the Bureaucracy; National Study Commission Politics & Law: The President’s Aircraft Board of 1925; Stuck in the Basement: Organizing & Reorganizing for Homeland Security in the Post- 9/11 White House; Search for "Manpower & Brainpower" Sources: The Origins of Immigration Policy in Kennedy & Johnson Administrations; Making Changes in the Cabinet: Political Factors & Presidential Choices; The Clinton Administration & the United Nations: From “Assertive Multilateralism” to “Burden Shifting” & Rediscovery; Wartime Deliberation: The Perils of Presidential Rhetoric before War; Exploring the Adoption & Use of New Media in the Obama Presidency: Is White House 2.0 Really Just White House 1.5?; Reassessing the ‘Accidental President': Why Gerald Ford Mattered; Presidential Moral Rhetoric & the Public’s Policy Mood; Comparing the Constitutional Presidencies of George W. Bush & Barack Obama: War Powers, Signing Statements, Vetoes; Dividers, Not Uniters: How Presidents George W. Bush & Barack Obama Failed to Unite a Divided Nation; Overcoming a Polarized Congress: The Economic Politics of Bush & Obama; Understanding the Obama Doctrine; George W. Bush & Barack Obama: Foreign Policy Decision Making; Evaluating Afghanistan & Iraq in the George W. Bush & Obama Presidencies: Change We Can Believe In?; Bush, Obama, Polarization & National Security: Some Concluding Thoughts; Index. |
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