Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-5381-3610-2 • Paperback • April 2022 • $85.00 • (£65.00)
978-1-5381-3611-9 • eBook • April 2022 • $80.50 • (£62.00)
George C. Edwards III is University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies at Texas A&M University. He has served as both the Winant Professor of American Government and the Olin Professor of American Government at Oxford. He was also the founder and from 1991-2001 the director of The Center for Presidential Studies. A leading scholar of the presidency, he has written or edited 26 books on American politics and public policy making and more than 80 articles and book chapters.
Kenneth Mayer is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His expertise is in the presidency, campaign finance, and election administration. He is the author of With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power, and an award-winning teacher.
Steve Wayne is professor of political science at Georgetown University. An expert on the American Presidency, he has authored over 100 articles, chapters, and book reviews and written 12 books, several in multiple editions, including Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Election?
Contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Photos
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – The Powers of the Presidency
Chapter 3 – The Nomination Process
Chapter 4 – The Presidential Election
Chapter 5 – The President and the Public
Chapter 6 – Leading the Public
Chapter 7 – The President and the Media
Chapter 8 – The Structure of the Presidency
Chapter 9 – Presidential Decision Making
Chapter 10 – The President and the Executive
Chapter 11 – The President and Congress
Chapter 12 – The President and the Judiciary
Chapter 13 – Domestic and Economic Policy Making
Chapter 14 – Foreign and Defense Policy
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Notes
Index
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- Boxed feature highlights high interest examples to illustrate the concepts
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