ABSTRACT

A comprehensive overview of the president's policy-making role and the way this role structures the president's interaction with other institutions of government. The book concludes with a discussion of the issues of accountability and policy leadership.

part |2 pages

Part I. The Nature of Presidential Policymaking

chapter 1|16 pages

Presidential Policymaking: An Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

Presidential Constraints and Transitions

part |2 pages

Part II. Presidential Relations with Those Outside Government

part |2 pages

Part III. Presidential Relations with Those Inside Government

chapter 9|18 pages

Bureaucratic Views of the President

chapter 10|15 pages

Justices and Presidents

part |2 pages

Part IV. Policy Areas and the Presidency

chapter 12|20 pages

Budget Policy Transformations

chapter 14|15 pages

Foreign and Defense Policy

part |2 pages

Part V. Conclusion

chapter 15|12 pages

Policy, Power, and Accountability

chapter 16|20 pages

Comparing Policy Leadership