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 | The Presidency, 1st Edition
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 | | Jeffrey Cohen, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY-BRONX
David Nice, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV-PULLMAN
| | Softcover, 504 pages | | ©2003, ISBN-13 9780072390407 | |
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| | | Description |
A thematic and comprehensive overview of what political scientists think and know about the Presidency, this first edition text introduces students to new and fresh ideas about our nation’s highest office. The authors hope to capture students' curiosity and understanding of the Presidency by including not only the historical facts surrounding the office, but also by discussing controversies, theories, and scientific perspective.
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| Table of Contents |
About the Authors
Preface
1 The Presidency and the Constitution
2 Assessing the Constitutional Presidency
3 The Evolution of the Presidency
4 The Presidential Selection Process
5 The Person in Office
6 Presidents, Political Parties, and Interest Groups
7 The Mass Media and the Presidency
8 The President and the Mass Public
9 The Presidency as an Institution
10 The President and Congress
11 The President and the Bureaucracy
12 The Presidency and the Judicial System
13 Presidential Policy Choice
14 The President and Economic and Budgetary Policy Making
15 The President and Foreign Policy Making
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Suggested Readings
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Features:- The theme of the text focuses on the Constitution as the basic framework within which the Presidency operates, allowing for political change but causing tension as the Presidency evolves through time.
- Discussions of topics often lacking in other texts on the Presidency, including the role of interest groups.
- Introduces students to how political scientists think about the Presidency from a scientific perspective without becoming highly technical.
- Introduces students to theoretical controversies about the Presidency, including the Neustadt’s Presidential Persuasion Model vs. Terry Moe’s Unilateral Action Model debate, without advocating for either model.
- Introduces new thinking on the Presidency that has come from the work of institutionalists and rational choice theorists.
- A book specific web site at www.mhhe.com/cohen-nice with interactive graphics and simulations.
- The Presidency and The Presidency Reader Value Package 0-07-418977-8
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Organization:- Most chapters begin with a discussion of the Constitution and the founders' intentions.
- Where relevant, chapters discuss the historical evolution of various aspects of the presidential office. For example, in Chapter 8, the development of the President’s relationship with the media, and in Chapter 10, the development of the Executive Office of the President - the White House office.
Pedagogy:- Key Terms are bolded throughout.
- Key Terms, Discussion Questions, and Suggested Readings are found at the end of each chapter.
- Tables, charts, and figures throughout are discussed not just in captions, but in the text itself to help students realize their relevance to the material. This is especially helpful when teaching how to assess quantitative data.
- Web based materials can be found at www.mhhe.com/cohen-nice.
- Reader icons throughout the text point students to relevant sources in the accompanying reader, The Presidency: Classic & Contemporary Readings.
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