Understanding The Presidency

Preface


Section 1 Constitutional Origins of the Presidency 1

Reading 1 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Reading 2 Federalist No. 69

Alexander Hamilton

Reading 3 Federalist No. 70

Alexander Hamilton

Reading 4 Constitutional Qualifications for President

Michael Nelson

Reading 5 Reevaluating the Electoral College

James P. Pfiffner

Section 2 Historical Perspectives on the Presidency

Reading 6 The Strict Constructionist Presidency

William Howard Taft

Reading 7 The Stewardship Presidency

Theodore Roosevelt

Reading 8 The Public Presidency

Woodrow Wilson

Reading 9 The Prerogative Presidency

Abraham Lincoln

Reading 10 Toward a Modern Presidency

Fred I. Greenstein

Reading 11 The Presidency in the Political Order

Stephen Skowronek

Section 3 Selecting Presidents: Campaigns, Elections, and Mandates

Reading 12 Nomination Politics, Party Unity, and Presidential Elections

James E. Campbell

Reading 13 Campaigning for Cash Amid Chaos?

Louis Dezseran and Clyde Wilcox

Reading 14 Party Favors

Robert B. Reich

Reading 15 The Presidential Election of 2000

Gerald M. Pomper

Reading 16 The Presidential "Hundred Days"

Richard E. Neustadt

Reading 17 The Myth of Presidential Mandate

Robert A. Dahl

Reading 18 Presidential Campaigning and Presidential Governance: The Case of 2004



Roger H. Davidson

READING 19 The "Permanent Campaign"

Hugh Heclo

Section 4 The Public Presidency: Press, Media, and Public Approval

Reading 20 The Press and the Presidency

Mark J. Rozell

Reading 21 The Presidency and Image Management

Jeremy D. Mayer

Reading 22 The Presidential Pulpit: Bully or Baloney?

George C. Edwards, III

Reading 23 Presidential Persuasion and Press Coverage of the War in Iraq

Caroline Heldman

Reading 24 Presidential Impeachment Politics

Richard M. Pious

Section 5 The Institutional Presidency

Reading 25 The White House Staff

The President's Committee on Administrative Management (Brownlow Committee)

Reading 26 Can the President Manage the Government?

James P. Pfiffner

Reading 27 Locked in the Cabinet

Robert B. Reich

Reading 28 The Changing Presidential Office

Hugh Heclo

Reading 29 Bureaucracy in the American Constitutional Order

Francis E. Rourke

Reading 30 Presidential Appointments and the Office of Presidential Personnel

Bradley H. Patterson and James P. Pfiffner

Section 6 The Separation of Powers

Reading 31 Presidential Relations with Congress

Roger H. Davidson

Reading 32 The Disappearing Political Center

Sarah A. Binder

Reading 33 Is the Separation of Powers Obsolete?

Robert J. Spitzer

Reading 34 Presidents and the Judicial Appointment Process

John Anthony Maltese

Section 7 Domestic Policy Leadership

Reading 35 The Hundred Days

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Reading 36 The Power to Persuade

Richard E. Neustadt

Reading 37 The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Robert D. Loevy

Reading 38 Unilateral Powers: A Brief Overview

William G. Howell

Section 8 Commander-in-Chief and National Security

Reading 39 Invitation to Struggle: The President, Congress, and National Security

Louis Fisher

Reading 40 Deference and Defiance: The Shifting Rhythms of Executive-Legislative Relations in Foreign Policy

James A. Lindsey

Reading 41 Demise of the War Clause

David Mervin

Reading 42 Iran-Contra: What Was Wrong

Report of the President's Special Review Board



READING 43 Condoleezza Rice as NSC Advisor

John P. Burke

Section 9 Evaluating Presidents: Greatness and Abuse of Power

Reading 44 Three Crises of Character in the Modern Presidency

James P. Pfiffner

Reading 45 Being Liked and Being President

Paul Brace and Barbara Hinckley

Reading 46 "If Men Were Angels . . . .": Presidential Leadership and Accountability

Thomas E. Cronin and Michael A. Genovese

Reading 47 The Transformation of the Bush Presidency

James P. Pfiffner