Contending Approaches to the American Presidency

In this contributed volume, authors examine the different approaches that drive the current debate concerning the presidency: liberal, conservative, moderate, constitutionalist, libertarian, and presidentialist (unitary executive). All chapters follow a consistent structure, encouraging students to compare ideas across chapters. Contributors also examine their approach in light of presidential-congressional relations, presidential power and accountability, the rule of law, as well as domestic and foreign policy. Making explicit what is often implicit, this engaging and unique examination of the presidency helps readers better understand presidential power and leadership.

• The Politics of the Presidency
• The Presidency and Domestic Policy: Comparing Leadership Styles, FDR to Obama
• Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods
• Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods
• The Politics of the Presidency
• The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents, 1787-2015
• Party Politics in America
• Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity (Jacobin)
• Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints, 8th Edition
• Paradoxes of the American Presidency