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“steven e schier”

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  • How Trump Happened

    A System Shock Decades in the Making

    by Todd E. Eberly, Steven E. Schier ...
    The stunning 2016 election and presidency of Donald Trump was decades in the making. Three trends since the 1960s created the conditions for his triumph. First, a growing popular discontent with government, long evident in public opinion, created a widespread distrust of established leaders and institutions. Second, America underwent the rise of “professional government.” Governing professionals ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • The Trump Effect

    Disruption and Its Consequences in US Politics and Government

    Edited by Todd E. Eberly, Steven E. Schier ...
    Donald Trump’s presidency produced no end of controversy. His tumultuous presidency also created new avenues of public policy and national politics. Prominent scholars of American institutions, politics and public policy assess the multiple consequences of Trump’s singular presidency in this volume. How did Trump’s unconventional behavior alter the media environment and electoral politics? Will he ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Presidential Elections

    Strategies and Structures of American Politics

    by Nelson W. Polsby, Aaron Wildavsky, Steven E. Schier, David A. Hopkins ...
    Polsby and Wildavsky’s classic text, now updated by Stephen Schier and David Hopkins, argues that the institutional rules of the presidential nomination and election processes, in combination with the behavior of the mass electorate, structure the strategic choices faced by politicians in powerful and foreseeable ways. We can make sense of the decisions made by different political actors ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Polarized

    The Rise of Ideology in American Politics

    by Todd E. Eberly, Steven E. Schier ...
    From campus protests to the Congress floor, the central feature of contemporary American politics is ideological polarization. In this concise, readable, but comprehensive text, Steven E. Schier and Todd E. Eberly introduce students to this contentious subject through an in-depth look at the ideological foundations of the contemporary American political machine of parties, politicians, the media, ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Presidency and Political Science: Paradigms of Presidential Power from the Founding to the Present: 2014

    Paradigms of Presidential Power from the Founding to the Present

    by Raymond Tatalovich, Steven E Schier ...
    This history of presidential studies surveys the views of leading thinkers and scholars about the constitutional powers of the highest office in the land from the founding to the present. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The American Elections of 2012

    Edited by Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Steven E. Schier ...
    The 2012 American elections were highly competitive, with the unusually close partisan balance making the elections an opportunity for each of the two major parties. This book assembles leading political scientists and political journalists to explain the 2012 election results and their implications for America’s future.In addition to assessing election results, the book examines the consequences ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Debating the Obama Presidency

    Edited by Steven E. Schier ...
    This is the first book to present both the arguments for and against Barack Obama’s presidency and its policies. In it, prominent political scientists and Washington think tank scholars address Obama’s domestic, economic and foreign policies and his political legacy. Contrasting perspectives assess the consequences of the large aspirations of the Obama presidency and the political and policy ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • The Trump Presidency

    Outsider in the Oval Office

    by Todd E. Eberly, Steven E. Schier ...
    Donald Trump’s stunning and surprising election to the US presidency has convulsed the political, academic, and journalistic worlds. No president has taken the oath of office with as little political experience. And his first few months in office have raised the central question: Can an outsider govern?In The Trump Presidency, Steven E. Schier and Todd E. Eberly provide students with a brief, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Panorama of a Presidency

    How George W. Bush Acquired and Spent His Political Capital

    by Steven E Schier ...
    As the controversial presidency of George W. Bush draws to a close, this work provides the first dispassionate, even-handed assessment of Bush's years in office. Widely respected scholar and author Steven E. Schier goes beyond the perspective of contemporary political commentary, and draws on wide-ranging literature about presidential history and strategy to carefully identify both the unique and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • American Government and Popular Discontent

    Stability without Success

    by Steven E. Schier, Todd E. Eberly ...
    Popular distrust and the entrenchment of government by professionals lie at the root of America’s most pressing political problems. How did U.S. politics get to this point? Contemporary American politics got much of its shape from the transformations brought about from the 1950s to the 1980s. Presidential and congressional behavior, voting behavior, public opinion, public policy and federalism ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Transforming America

    Barack Obama in the White House

    by John J. Coleman, James L. Guth, John F. Harris, James Hohmann, Bertram Johnson, Richard E. Matland, James M. McCormick, Nicol C. Rae, Andrea L. Walker, John K. White, John J. Pitney Jr., Steven E. Schier, Nancy Maveety, Raymond Tatalovich ...
    The presidency of Barack Obama seeks a major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy. It also places the Obama presidency in historical perspective, noting the unusual circumstances of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Panorama of a Presidency: How George W. Bush Acquired and Spent His Political Capital

    by Steven E. Schier ...
    This is the first analysis to place the George W. Bush presidency in a broad historical and theoretical context. Author Steven E. Schier goes beyond the perspective of contemporary political commentary to provide the first dispassionate, even-handed assessment Bush's years in office. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD