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  • Presidential Leadership

    Politics and Policy Making

    by Kenneth R. Mayer, George C. Edwards III, Stephen J. Wayne ...
    This classic text on the American presidency analyzes the institution and the presidents who hold the office through the key lens of leadership. Edwards, Mayer, and Wayne explain the leadership dilemma presidents face and their institutional, political, and personal capacities to meet it. Two models of presidential leadership help us understand the institution: one in which a strong president ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Presidential Leadership

    Politics and Policy Making

    by George C. Edwards III, Kenneth R. Mayer, Stephen J. Wayne ...
    Long established as a leading introduction to the American presidency, Presidential Leadership, Fourteenth Edition, provides students with a comprehensive survey that addresses the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their powers, and utilize their organizational structures to affect the output of government. The authors examine all aspects of the presidency in rich ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Child Abuse

    by O. Ayalon, E. Deutsch, B.M. Dickens, R.R. Eisikovits, Z. Eisikovits, H.L. Hirsh, J.E. Holloway, E.R. Krasna, I.H. Krasna, G.M. Larkin, R. Mayer, T.T. Noguchi, Aharon Oren, D. Reifen, F.A. Rozovsky, R.L. Sadoff, A. Sagi, M.A. Somerville, A. Schwartz, C.H. Wedt ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The Medicolegal Library is the first and only series of its kind. Its importance is self-evident. During the last decade, science, especial ly medical practice, has become an increasingly complex undertak ing. Recent dramatic developments in medicine have given rise to both theoretical controversies and practical dilemmas. Society is struggling with new scientific, economic, cultural, and legal ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • With the Stroke of a Pen

    Executive Orders and Presidential Power

    by Kenneth R. Mayer ...
    The conventional wisdom holds that the president of the United States is weak, hobbled by the separation of powers and the short reach of his formal legal authority. In this first-ever in-depth study of executive orders, Kenneth Mayer deals a strong blow to this view. Taking civil rights and foreign policy as examples, he shows how presidents have used a key tool of executive power to wield their ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Dysfunctional Congress?

    The Individual Roots Of An Institutional Dilemma

    by Kenneth R Mayer, David T Canon ...
    This book introduces students to an argument using rational choice theories to explain what happens when individuals come together to make collective decisions, emphasising on the collective dilemma concept that provides a framework for thinking about how reform proposals would affect Congress. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The 2016 Presidential Election

    The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake

    by J. Scott Armstrong, Ronit Berger, Robert Boatright, Mark Brewer, Alfred G. Cuzán, Reagan G. Dye, Scott Eidelman, Austin D. Eubanks, Guy Freedman, Andreas Graefe, Randall J. Jones Jr., James King, Matthew C. MacWilliams, George Elliott Morris, Tatishe M. Nteta, James Riddlesperger, Brian Schaffner, Howard Schweber, Wayne Steger, Patrick Stewart, Robert H. Wicks, Christopher Wlezien, Dana Wolf, Michel Wyss ...
    Series series Voting, Elections, and the Political Process
    The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result, evaluate the forecasting models, and speculate on the effect of the election outcome on politics ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

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  • Debating the Presidency

    Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive

    Edited by Richard J. Ellis, Michael Nelson ...
    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 ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • New York Politics: A Tale of Two States

    by Edward V. Schneier, John Brian Murtaugh, Antoinette Pole ...
    Completely revised and updated with extensive new material, this acclaimed book offers an inside look at how influence is wielded in Albany. The authors--an Albany-based political scientist and a former State Assembly member, now joined by an expert on both state politics and political blogging and networking--infuse their discussion of institutions and processes with the drama and significance of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • When the Letter Betrays the Spirit

    Voting Rights Enforcement and African American Participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama

    by Tyson D. King-Meadows ...
    When the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines the wide latitude provided to the executive branch and to the Supreme Court by the text of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing from government enforcement data, legislative history, Supreme Court rulings, the 2006 reauthorization debate on the VRA, and from the 2007 scandal involving the firing of U.S. attorneys under the Bush Administration, the book ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The Growth of American Government

    Governance from the Cleveland Era to the Present

    by Ballard C. Campbell ...
    Series series Interdisciplinary Studies in History
    How and why has government gotten bigger? "Should be a compulsory assignment for any seminar on modern political culture." — The Journal of American HistoryAmerican government has evolved over the generations since the mid-nineteenth century. The changing character of these institutions is a critical part of the history of the United States.This engaging survey focuses on the evolution of public ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Congress and the Politics of National Security

    Edited by David P. Auerswald, Colton C. Campbell ...
    In an increasingly complex and unpredictable world, a growing number of observers and practitioners have called for a re-examination of our national security system. Central to any such reform effort is an evaluation of Congress. Is Congress adequately organized to deal with national security issues in an integrated and coordinated manner? How have developments in Congress over the past few ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • The American Presidency

    An Institutional Approach to Executive Politics

    by William G. Howell ...
    How institutions shape the American presidencyThis incisive undergraduate textbook emphasizes the institutional sources of presidential power and executive governance, enabling students to think more clearly and systematically about the American presidency at a time when media coverage of the White House is awash in anecdotes and personalities. William Howell offers unparalleled perspective on the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD