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  • Organizing the Presidency

    Examining how the White House works-or doesn't-before and after TrumpDonald Trump has reinvented the presidency, transforming it from a well-oiled if sometimes cumbersome institution into what has often seemed to be a one-man show. But even Trump's unorthodox presidency requires institutional support, from a constantly rotating White House staff and cabinet who have sought to carry out-and ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • The Ultimate Insiders

    U.S. Senators in the National Media

    by Stephen Hess ...
    In this book, Stephen Hess examines why certain Senators are considered more ""newsworthy"" than others. Using interviews, observation, and statistical studies, he identifies the major factors that influence media coverage. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • News & Newsmaking

    Essays by Stephen Hess

    by Stephen Hess ...
    Over the last fifteen years, Stephen Hess has become a leading and much-quoted authority on Washington government and the media. In this volume, he presents a collection of his best essays on the media written over the past decade.The book includes:""All the President's Reporters"" examines the White House press corps and the way it covers the president.""Leaks and Other Informal Communications"" ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Government/Press Connection

    Press Officers and Their Offices

    by Stephen Hess ...
    This book surveys press relations with the federal government, examines the way official press offices prepare and conduct briefings, and considers criticisms concerning the government's control of information. ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • The Washington Reporters

    by Stephen Hess ...
    In the vast literature on the way democratic governments work, the role of the press is often overlooked. Yet the press, no less than the formal branches of government, is a public policy institution and deserves to be included in explanations of the governmental process. In The Washington Reporters, Stephen Hess focuses on those who cover the U.S. government for the American commercial news media ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette

    For Everyone with a Stake in Politicians and Journalists

    by Stephen Hess ...
    ""Some people think that etiquette is fine for tea parties, but there's no room for it when important political business has to be done,"" writes Miss Manners, otherwise known as Judith Martin. ""That's not true. The more controversy you have, the more etiquette you need. You need rules and order."" The missing ingredient in efforts to improve campaign discourse is a set of agreed-upon norms and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Bit Player

    My Life with Presidents and Ideas

    by Stephen Hess ...
    An insightful, often humorous look at how Washington works, or doesn'tThe title Bit Player perfectly reflects Stephen Hess's long and distinguished career as a Washington insider. As a 25-year-old, recently discharged Army private in 1958, he suddenly found himself as part of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's speechwriting team that ultimately helped draft the famed “Farewell Address” warning of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012

    by Stephen Hess ...
    This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic. Bloomsbury Academic publish acclaimed resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as the general reader, across a broad range of subjects including Archaeology, Art & Visual Culture, Biblical Studies, Business & Management, Drama & Performance Studies, Economics, Education, Film & Media, History, Linguistics, Literary Studies, ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • The Professor and the President

    Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House

    by Stephen Hess ...
    What happens when a conservative president makes a liberal professor from the Ivy League his top urban affairs adviser? The president is Richard Nixon, the professor is Harvard's Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Of all the odd couples in American public life, they are probably the oddest. Add another Ivy League professor to the White House staff when Nixon appoints Columbia's Arthur Burns, a conservative ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • America's Political Dynasties

    From Adams to Clinton

    by Stephen Hess ...
    The Constitution states that ""no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States,"" yet it seems political nobility is as American as apple pie.America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • America's Political Dynasties

    by Stephen Hess ...
    This is the 30th anniversary edition of a book that was hailed on publication in 1966 as "fascinating" by Margaret L. Coit in the Saturday Review and as "masterly" by Henry F. Graff in the New York Times Book Review.The Constitution could not be more specific: "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States." Yet, in over two centuries since these words were written, the American ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Presidents & the Presidency

    Essays by Stephen Hess

    by Stephen Hess ...
    This book contains a collection of Stephen Hess's best essays on the presidency. Written over a fifteen year period, the essays selected are just as relevant today as when they were first published. Each essay says something useful about the office of the presidency or a specific president.The book includes:""Presidential Qualities,"" originally published when Richard Nixon was president, ... Read more

    Was $26.99 USD Now $22.99 USD