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Zusatztext Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency delivers time and time again. Informationen zum Autor George C. Edwards III is a leading scholar of the presidency, he has written or edited 23 books on American politics and public policy making. He is also editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly and general editor of The Oxford Handbook of American Politics series. Professor Edwards has served as president of the Presidency Research Section of the American Political Science Association, which has named its annual dissertation prize in his honor and awarded him its Career Service Award. He is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and holds the Chair in Presidential Studies.William Howell has written widely on separation-of-powers issues and American political institutions, especially the presidency. His recent research examines how domestic political institutions constrain the president's ability to exercise military force abroad. Before coming to the Harris School, Howell taught in the government department at Harvard University and the political science department at the University of Wisconsin. In 2000, he received a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. He is Associate Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Klappentext As the central feature on the American political landscape! it is only natural that scholars and commentators focus on the presidency. So much is written about the subject! in fact! that it is often difficult to know where we stand in our understanding of it. The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency will help scholars assess the state of scholarship on the presidency and the directions in which it needs to move. Never before has the academic literature on the American presidency received such an extended treatment. Nearly three dozen chapters critically assess both the major contributions to a literature on a dimension of the presidency and the ways in which the literature has developed. The authors of each chapter seek to identify weaknesses in the existing literature- be they logical flaws! methodological errors! oversights! or some combination therein-and to offer their views about especially productive lines of future inquiry. Equally important! the authors also identify Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. With engaging, new contributions from the major figures in the field The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency provides the key point of reference for anyone working in American Politics today. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: George C. Edwards III and William G. Howell: Introduction Approaches to Studying the Presidency 2: William G. Howell: Quantitative Approaches to the Study of the Presidency 3: Brandice Canes-Wrone: Game Theory and the Study of the American Presidency 4: Scott C. James: Historical Institutionalism, Political Development, and the Presidency Precursors to Governance 5: James P. Pfiffner: Presidential Transitions 6: B. Dan Wood: Presidents and the Political Agenda The Public Presidency 7: Dennis M. Simon: Public Expectations of the President 8: James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs: Presidential Responsiveness to Public Opinion 9: George C. Edwards III: Leading the Public 10: Terri Bimes: Understanding the Rhetorical Presidency 11: Paul Gronke and Brian Newman: Public Evaluations of Presidents 12: Jeffrey E. Cohen: The Presidency and the Mass Media The Legislative Presidency 13: David W. Rhode and Meredith Barthelemy: The President and Congressional Parties in an Era of Polarization 14: Stephen J. Wayne: Legislative Skills 15: George C. Edwards III: Presidential Approval as a Source of Influence in Congress 16: John J. Coleman and David C. W. Parker: The...
