
The Presidency and Public Policy
The Four Arenas of Presidential Power
Robert Spitzer(Author)
The University of Alabama Press
Published on 30. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-8173-5746-7 (ISBN)
Description
Spitzer's classic study of presidential power, The Presidency and Public Policy examines the annual domestic legislative programs of US presidents from 1954-1974 to show how and in what ways the characteristics of their proposals affected their success in dealing with Congress (success being defined as Congress's passing the presidents' legislative proposals in the forms offered). Presidential skills matter, but Spitzer demonstrates that the successful application of those skills is relatively easy for some policies and next to impossible for others. Certain consistent patterns predominate regardless of who sits in the Oval Office, and to a great extent those patterns prescribe prseidential behavior.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-5746-7 (9780817357467)
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Person
Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at SUNY Cortland.