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Second-Term Blues

Author : John C. Fortier
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815728832
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Second-Term Blues written by John C. Fortier and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American presidents typically spend much of their first term trying to ensure a second term. Yet those "four more years!" are usually disappointing, replete with scandal, squabbling, plummeting approval, and few accomplishments. Thus far, George W. Bush's second term has largely followed that unfortunate pattern. In Second-Term Blues, John Fortier and Norman Ornstein lead a stellar cast of political analysts illuminating the priorities, governing tendencies, and leadership style of a president trying to steady his ship in rocky seas. While the media obsess over who will be elected, they rarely ask how a candidate would govern if elected. For example, how would the president approach other political institutions? Would foreign policy stress caution and coordination, or will the U.S. "go it alone"? What would be the tone of public persona and rhetoric? This is the first in-depth analysis of Bush's second go-round from that perspective. The contributors include some of the shrewdest and best known observers of U.S. politics. David Sanger (New York Times) reveals how Bush's foreign policy, particularly on Iraq, defines and restricts his presidency. Dan Balz (Washington Post) dissects America's changing political mood and considers how the president's personal style fits into that milieu. Charles O. Jones, former president of the American Political Science Association, defines Bush's executive style: "Seemingly, where narrow-margin politics appears to call for sensitive mastery of Congress, President Bush employs an unrelenting executive style, among the most intense ever." In addition, Carla Robbins of the New York Times and Fred Greenstein of Princeton University make insightful contributions. This important book considers how all of this helps explain what we've seen coming out of Washington since 2001 and what it may portend for the future.

Presidential Term Limits in American History

Author : Michael J. Korzi
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603449914
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Presidential Term Limits in American History by : Michael J. Korzi

Download or read book Presidential Term Limits in American History written by Michael J. Korzi and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative historical study of the longstanding debate over executive term limits in American politics . . . By successfully seeking a third term in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt shattered a tradition that was as old as the American republic. The longstanding yet controversial two-term tradition reflected serious tensions in American political values. In Presidential Term Limits in American History, Michael J. Korzi recounts the history of the two-term tradition as well as the “perfect storm” that enabled Roosevelt to break with that tradition. He also shows that Roosevelt and his close supporters made critical errors of judgment in 1943-44, particularly in seeking a fourth term against long odds that the ill president would survive it. Korzi’s analysis offers a strong challenge to Roosevelt biographers who have generally whitewashed this aspect of his presidency and decision making. The case of Roosevelt points to both the drawbacks and the benefits of presidential term limits. Furthermore, Korzi’s extended consideration of the seldom-studied Twenty-second Amendment and its passage reveals not only vindictive and political motivations (it was unanimously supported by Republicans), but also a sincere distrust of executive power that dates back to America’s colonial and constitutional periods.

The Second Term of George W. Bush

Author : R. Maranto
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403984417
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Second Term of George W. Bush written by R. Maranto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-06-10 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second term presidencies are distinctive, not least as the president no longer has to run for re-election. Placing the second term of George W. Bush in comparative perspective, this fascinating book explores the political, institutional and policy implications of a second term. Combining topicality with analytical richness, this is an important resource for scholars and students.

Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive, 2nd Edition

Author : Richard J. Ellis
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1604265655
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive, 2nd Edition by : Richard J. Ellis

Download or read book Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive, 2nd Edition written by Richard J. Ellis and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of the presidency—the power of the office, the evolution of the executive as an institution, the men who have served—has generated a great body of research and scholarship.What better way to get students to grapple with the ideas of the literature than through conflicting perspectives on some of the most pivotal issues facing the modern presidency? Richard Ellis and Michael Nelson have once again assembled a cadre of top scholars to offer a series of pro/con essays that will inspire spirited debate beyond the pages of the book. Each essay—written in the form of a debate resolution— offers a compelling yet concise view on the American executive. In essays that are new to this edition, contributors debate the repeal of the 22nd Amendment, the abolition of the vice presidency, the extent to which presidential signing statements threaten the separation of powers, and whether the fighting of the war on terror should require relaxing checks on presidential power. Ellis and Nelson introduce each pair of essays, giving students context and preparing them to read each argument critically, so they can decide for themselves which side of the debate they find most persuasive.

Debating Reform

Author : Richard J. Ellis
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1544390602
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Debating Reform written by Richard J. Ellis and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting students away from spouting opinions about highly-charged partisan issues, Debating Reform, Fourth Edition looks at key questions about reforming political institutions, with contributed pieces written by top scholars specifically for the volume. Each pro or con essay considers a concrete proposal for reforming the political system. By focusing on institutions, rather than liberal or conservative public policies, students tend to leave behind ideology and grapple with claims and evidence to draw their own conclusions and build their own arguments. Students will explore how institutions work in their American government text, but this reader helps them to understand how they can be made to work better.

Bush on the Home Front

Author : John D. Graham
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253004136
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Bush on the Home Front written by John D. Graham and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq consumed so much attention during his presidency that few people appreciated that George W. Bush was also an activist on the home front. Despite limited public support, and while confronting a deeply divided Congress, Bush engineered and implemented reforms of public policy on a wide range of issues: taxes, education, health care, energy, environment, and regulatory reform. In Bush on the Home Front, former Bush White House official and academic John D. Graham analyzes Bush's successes in these areas and setbacks in other areas such as Social Security and immigration reform. Graham provides valuable insights into how future presidents can shape U.S. domestic policy while facing continuing partisan polarization.

Currents in American History: A Brief History of the United States, Volume II: From 1861

Author : Alan C. Elliott
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000949303
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Currents in American History: A Brief History of the United States, Volume II: From 1861 by : Alan C. Elliott

Download or read book Currents in American History: A Brief History of the United States, Volume II: From 1861 written by Alan C. Elliott and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the historic ramifications of a handful of essential events that shaped the American past. It describes the causes of a select number of epoch-making events and examines the short- and long-term consequences of these critical turning point moments.

How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching 2nd Edition

Author : Sue Cowley
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 184706471X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching 2nd Edition by : Sue Cowley

Download or read book How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching 2nd Edition written by Sue Cowley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this successful book offers practical advice for trainee teachers, NQTs and others new to the profession. It is designed to help them survive and enjoy the diffifcult first year as a teacher. Written in Sue Cowley's honest and down-to-earth style, the book uses real situations and experiences to tell it like it is.

Mass Media and American Politics

Author : Johanna Dunaway
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1544391013
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Book Synopsis Mass Media and American Politics by : Johanna Dunaway

Download or read book Mass Media and American Politics written by Johanna Dunaway and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2022-02-13 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, trusted core text on media’s impact on attitudes, behavior, elections, politics, and policymaking, Mass Media and American Politics is known for its readable introduction to the literature and theory of the field, and for staying current with each new edition on issues of new and social media, media ownership, the regulatory environment, infotainment, and war-time reporting. Written by the late Doris Graber--a scholar who has played an enormous role in establishing and shaping the field of mass media and American politics--and now lead by Johanna Dunaway, this book has set the standard for the course. New to this edition: Extensive coverage of political misinformation - the role changing communication technologies and mass media more generally are playing in its consumption and dissemination, as well as how the press is handling and should handle reporting on political misinformation, especially as it pertains to the presidency, elections, and crises like Covid-19. Updated coverage of the role social media and other popular digital platforms are playing (or not playing) in the effort to stop the spread of mis- and dis-information on their platforms, with special attention to both foreign and domestic efforts to use these platforms to incite violence, cause confusion about, and/or encourage distrust in, democratic institutions. Expanded treatment of rising affective, social, and ideological polarization in politics, with a special focus on whether and how mass media are contributing to these forms of polarization. New updates on causes and consequences of expanding news deserts, declining local news, and rampant growth of hedge-fund media ownership. Up to date coverage of what researchers are learning about the implications of growth in digital, social and mobile media use. What does it mean for attention to news and politics?

How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching

Author : Sue Cowley
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441140913
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book How to Survive Your First Year in Teaching written by Sue Cowley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this bestselling title provides a wealth of new and updated material, new diagrams and a companion website.

A Brief History of Public Policy since the New Deal

Author : Andrew E. Busch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538128284
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis A Brief History of Public Policy since the New Deal by : Andrew E. Busch

Download or read book A Brief History of Public Policy since the New Deal written by Andrew E. Busch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brief History of Public Policy Since the New Deal traces the development of national domestic policy from the Great Depression through the early Trump years. A chronological look that illuminates the cumulative effects of policy change, the book also focuses on themes such as the interplay of ideas, events, politics, and people; models such as incrementalism, multiple streams, and punctuated equilibrium; the importance of foreign policy issues to the development of domestic policy; and features including the importance of problem definition and the “law of unanticipated consequences.” Following the narrative, each chapter includes a summary of seven key policy areas: economic policy, social welfare, civil rights, environmental and education policy, moral/cultural issues, and federalism. The material is organized by eras identified by presidencies and by whether the era represented a burst of policymaking, made possible because key inputs of ideas, events, politics, and people aligned for change, or a rough equilibrium. Although presidencies are used to define eras, the role of all the institutions are given their due.

Ambition and Division

Author : Steven Schier
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822973650
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Ambition and Division written by Steven Schier and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The presidency of George W. Bush is notable for the grand scale of its ambitions, the controversy that these ambitions generated, and the risks he regularly courted in the spheres of politics, economics, and foreign policy. Bush's ultimate goal was indeed ambitious: the completion of the conservative “regime change” first heralded by the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. But ironically this effort sewed the very discord that ultimately took root and emerged to frustrate Bush's plans, and may even have begun to unravel aspects of the Reagan revolution he sought to institutionalize. Politically, the Bush White House sought the entrenchment of consistent Republican electoral majorities. Institutionally, the Bush administration sought to preserve control of Congress by maintaining reliable partisan Republican majorities, and to influence the federal courts with a steady stream of conservative judicial appointees. The administration also sought increased autonomy over the executive branch by the aggressive use of executive orders and bureaucratic reorganizations in response to 9/11. Many of these efforts were at least partially successful. But ultimately the fate of the Bush presidency was tied to its greatest single gamble, the Iraq War. The flawed prosecution of that conflict, combined with other White House management failures and finally a slumping economy, left Bush and the Republican Party deeply unpopular and the victim of strong electoral reversals in 2006 and the election victory of Barack Obama in 2008. The American public had turned against the Bush agenda in great part because of the negative outcomes resulting from the administration's pursuit of that agenda. This book assembles prominent presidential scholars to measure the trajectory of Bush's aspirations, his accomplishments, and his failures. By examining presidential leadership, popular politics and policymaking in this context, the contributors begin the work of understanding the unique historical legacy of the Bush presidency.

The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans

Author : Frederick Stecker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313382514
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans written by Frederick Stecker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the presidential debates of 2000, 2004, and 2008 are analyzed in terms of linguistics, rhetoric, and religious context to offer a unique perspective on the styles, beliefs, and strategies of the two major parties and their candidates. In The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans: How Presidential Candidates Use Religious Language in American Political Debate, a veteran minister analyzes the religious metaphors Republicans use at the podium and alleges that the party deliberately employs blaming tactics, fear metaphors, and coded references to apocalyptic judgment to sway undecided voters. Over the past 40 years, Frederick Stecker charges, the Republican Party has created fear for political expediency. Stecker's book traces the development of the Republican rhetoric of polarization and applies the linguistics-based "nation-as-a-family" political typology of George Lakoff to an analysis of the presidential debates of 2000, 2004, and 2008. He demonstrates how Republican candidates select their language and metaphors to signal adherence to rigid belief systems and simple, black-and-white choices in domestic and foreign policy.

Collision 2012

Author : Dan Balz
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0143125680
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Collision 2012 written by Dan Balz and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Battle for America 2008 and longtime Washington Post correspondent, an inside view and analysis of the Obama-Romney presidential race In 2008 a bright young candidate triumphed on a theme of change and hope. Four years later an embattled President struggled against an apocalyptically divided and divisive Congress, a war that won’t end, and an economy that casts a dark penumbra over every spark of good news. His opponent, a well-heeled businessman who couldn't seem to stand on his own business record, withstood unexpected and extreme opposition to capture the nomination of a party whose main platform and principles with which he was historically and fundamentally at odds. The 2012 Election, once predicted to be a boring run at a popular President, took on a new urgency with the infamous 2010 midterm shellacking and equally infamous Citizen United ruling, and delivered drama and tension as the Republicans tried to reconcile the factions at war within their party and Democrats faced the tsunami of super Pac money flooding local and regional elections. As with his last book, The Battle for America 2008, Washington Post correspondent Dan Balz uses a combination of superb sources and long, deep reporting experience to take us both deep inside and far beyond Campaign HQs in Chicago and Boston. He tracks the nuances of Beltway politics and the thinking behind the scenes to show how Obama regained his footing, and to speculate about whether this election actually did anything to change the toxically poisonous atmosphere inside the Beltway, the increasing hostility and disenchantment with politicians outside, and the frightening effect of the torrent of money being poured out by special-interest groups beholden to no voter or law? Will there be anything in this election that will heal the political process in America? Special highlights include two much talked-about post-election interviews with Romney and Christie which have been making headlines, as well as a new afterword.

The Gallup Poll

Author : Alec M. Gallup
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442205202
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Gallup Poll written by Alec M. Gallup and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, the world's most reliable and widely quoted research firm. It is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion in a certain year, as well as for documenting changing perceptions over time of crucial core issues (such as women's rights and health care). It is necessary for all social science research. More than just a collection of polls, The Gallup Poll offers in-depth commentary and analysis, placing current topics in a readable, historical context. Survey results are given in a easy-to-use form. Breakdowns by sex, age, race, level of education, and other factors enable the reader to grasp major issues quickly.

Partisan Balance

Author : David R. Mayhew
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691157987
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Partisan Balance written by David R. Mayhew and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How partisan balance between the U.S. presidency and Congress is essential to successful government With three independent branches, a legislature divided into two houses, and many diverse constituencies, it is remarkable that the federal government does not collapse in permanent deadlock. Yet, this system of government has functioned for well over two centuries, even through such heated partisan conflicts as the national health-care showdown and Supreme Court nominations. In Partisan Balance, noted political scholar David Mayhew examines the unique electoral foundations of the presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives in order to provide a fresh understanding for the government's success and longstanding vitality. Focusing on the period after World War II, and the fate of legislative proposals offered by presidents from Harry Truman to George W. Bush, Mayhew reveals that the presidency, Senate, and House rest on surprisingly similar electoral bases, with little difference in their partisan textures as indexed by the presidential popular vote cast in the various constituencies. Both congressional chambers have tilted a bit Republican, and while White House legislative initiatives have fared accordingly, Mayhew shows that presidents have done relatively well in getting their major proposals enacted. Over the long haul, the Senate has not proven much more of a stumbling block than the House. Arguing that the system has developed a self-correcting impulse that leads each branch to pull back when it deviates too much from other branches, Mayhew contends that majoritarianism largely characterizes the American system. The wishes of the majority tend to nudge institutions back toward the median voter, as in the instances of legislative districting, House procedural reforms, and term limits for presidents and legislators.

The Politics of Presidential Term Limits

Author : Alexander Baturo
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198837402
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Presidential Term Limits written by Alexander Baturo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presidential term limits are one of the most important institutions in presidentialism. They are at the center of contemporary and historical debates and political battles between incumbent presidents seeking additional terms and their political opponents warning against democratic backsliding and the dangers of personalism. Bringing the team of country experts, comparativists, theorists, constitutional lawyers, and policy practitioners together, The Politics of Presidential Term Limits is a book that aims to provide a one-stop source for the comprehensive study of this topic. It includes theory and survey chapters that explain presidential term limits as an idea, constitutional norm, and an institution; country and comparative chapters including historical, intra-regime, and comparative regional studies, chapters that examine the effects of term limits as well as studies from the perspective of on-the-ground international constitutional builders and that ask what difference do term limits make.--Provided by publisher