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Packed with current examples and practical insight,
Wilson/Dilulio/Bose/Levendusky's AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: INSTITUTIONS
AND POLICIES, 17th Edition, gives you a clear understanding of the
U.S. government -- and your role in it. Highlighting emerging
issues in American politics, the authors focus on the importance of
governmental institutions, the historical development of
governmental procedures and policies, as well as who governs in the
U.S. and to what ends. New coverage includes the Trump
administration, results of the 2018 and 2020 elections, the
nation's response to the COVID-19 crisis, the media's role in
promoting political polarization, climate change, the U.S. wealth
gap, 21st century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and more. Numerous
features throughout the text help you maximize your study time,
while MindTap provides you with a wealth of anywhere, anytime
digital learning tools.
Packed with current examples and practical insight,
Wilson/Dilulio/Bose/Levendusky's AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: INSTITUTIONS
AND POLICIES, ENHANCED 17th edition, gives you a clear
understanding of the U.S. government -- and your role in it. It
explains the significance of governmental institutions, the
historical development of procedures as well as who governs in U.S.
politics and to what ends. Up-to-date coverage includes changes in
the Trump and Biden administrations, results of the 2022 elections,
government response to the COVID-19 crisis, protests sparked by the
death of George Floyd, the media's role in politics, political
polarization, climate change, income inequality, recent Supreme
Court decisions, affirmative action and more. Numerous features
throughout help maximize your study time, while Infuse and MindTap
provide you with a wealth of anywhere, anytime digital learning
tools.
This popular brief text for the American Government course
emphasizes the historical development of the American political
system, who governs, and to what ends. Thorough yet concise, the
thirteenth edition of AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: INSTITUTIONS AND
POLICIES, BRIEF VERSION, offers insightful coverage of all aspects
of U.S. politics, including the Constitution, civil liberties and
rights, Federalism, public opinion, the media, political parties,
elections, the three branches of federal government, bureaucracy,
and policymaking. Completely up to date, this edition includes new
coverage of the 2014 and 2016 campaigns and elections. It also
emphasizes critical-thinking skills and includes tools to help you
maximize your study efforts and results, such as Learning
Objectives in every chapter.
While candidate George W. Bush promised a humble foreign policy,
after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks President Bush
implemented a highly ambitious and controversial foreign policy
agenda. Examining the contentious decision to invade Iraq, the
expansion of presidential power in foreign affairs, the apparent
unilateralism that challenged established international norms, and
the ideological underpinnings of Bushs foreign policy, many
articles in this collection demonstrate why the administration
proved to be so divisive domestically and internationally. However,
other pieces in the collection show the Bush administration pursued
more conventional approaches to certain international issues, such
as the rising power of China and a nuclear North Korea. This
collection thus both challenges some conventional views of Bushs
foreign policy and provides a deeper understanding of why George W.
Bush is viewed as one of the most controversial foreign policy
presidents of the modern era.
A deep look into the agency that implements the president's
marching orders to the rest of the executive branch.The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) is one of the federal government's most
important and powerful agencies but it's also one of the
least-known among the general public. This book describes why the
office is so important and why both scholars and citizens should
know more about what it does. The predecessor to the modern OMB was
founded in 1921, as the Bureau of the Budget within the Treasury
Department. President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it in 1939 into
the Executive Office of the President, where it's been ever since.
The office received its current name in 1970, during the Nixon
administration. For most people who know about it, the OMB's only
apparent job is to supervise preparation of the president's annual
budget request to Congress. That job, in itself, gives the office
tremendous influence within the executive branch. But OMB has other
responsibilities that give it a central role in how the federal
government functions on a daily basis. OMB reviews all of the
administration's legislative proposals and the president's
executive orders. It oversees the development and implementation of
nearly all government management initiatives. The office also
analyses the costs and benefits of major government regulations,
this giving it great sway over government actions that affect
nearly every person and business in America. One question facing
voters in the 2020 elections will be how well the executive branch
has carried out the president's promises; a major aspect of that
question centers around the wider work of the OMB. This book will
help members of the public, as well as scholars and other experts,
answer that question.
Given the focus on foreign affairs and national security following
9/11, it is easy to overlook the domestic and economic legacies of
the George W. Bush presidency. However, the articles in this volume
argue that not only were these policies consequential to the
nation, but in a number of instances they defied the conventional
wisdom concerning the Bush White House. While Bush pursued
ideologically conservative policies in some areas (e.g., Social
Security, Supreme Court nominations and taxes), in others he did
not (e.g., education, trade, government spending). Other examples
include staffing (more competent and less ideological than one
would expect) and press relations (relatively transparent). Taken
together, these chapters will provoke second thoughts about Bush's
domestic presidency as they argue that his policies frequently
deviated from doctrinaire conservatism and changed the nation.
In October 2010, Hofstra University hosted a symposium evaluating
American presidential leadership at the United Nations (UN) from
1945 to the present. Sixty-five years after the creation of this
unique international organisation in the final months of World War
II, an evaluation of its achievements and challenges from the
perspective of the American presidency was both timely and
necessary. The United States hosts the UN, pays the largest share
of its dues, and typically guides its agenda, particularly in
matters of international peace and security. The president directs
American foreign policy and therefore represents U.S. interests at
the UN. How do American presidents work through the UN to achieve
their foreign policy goals, and what are the prospects for future
co-operation in the 21st century? This book presents the symposium
findings. The first part examines how American institutions,
namely, the president, Congress, and the executive branch, work
with the international organisation. The second part evaluates how
presidents pursue multilateral policy initiatives through the UN as
well as proposals for UN reform that would promote executive
interests there more effectively. Contributors include experts on
the American presidency, political communication, and international
security.
The George W Bush Presidency reshaped American politics through its
policies and its use of executive power. This volume engages
fundamental debates about the Bush (43) presidencys expansive
interpretation of executive power, primarily in foreign and
national-security policy, but also more generally for leadership
and policy making. It examines presidential elections and party
realignments in the early twenty-first century and their
consequences for White House policy-making. It analyses how the
Bush administration pursued initiatives in faith-based programs and
homeland security, and established organizational structures that
would endure well beyond his presidency. The volume also examines
how the Bush (43) presidency established an enduring legacy in
American politics through the Supreme Court and the Office of the
First Lady. It concludes with an assessment of how these many areas
of executive action and influence continue to direct presidential
governance. By examining their evolution, this volume reveals
choices and constraints in American politics today that derive from
President Bushs leadership.
In April 2012, Hofstra University hosted a symposium comparing the
presidencies of George W Bush and Barack Obama. In the 2008
presidential campaign, Obama promised major departures from the
Bush administration's approach to political negotiations and
policies. But in the White House, several, though certainly not
all, of Obama's actions have suggested more continuity than change
with his predecessor. What is the Bush (43) Presidency's legacy in
American politics and the world? How has that legacy shaped the
policies of President Obama? This assessment of both presidencies
provides a timely discussion of their leadership successes and
challenges in the White House, with attention to immediate results
as well as long-term effects. This book presents the symposium
findings, with updates that incorporate the 2012 elections and the
start of Obama's second term. The first part examines each
president's ability to mobilise public support and exercise
political leadership, both within his own political party and more
broadly. The second part compares foreign policy in the two
administrations, focusing on Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle
East. Contributors include experts on the American presidency,
executive-legislative policy making, and U.S. foreign policy.
With the expansion of the federal government since the 1930s and
the rise of the United States as a global power in the twentieth
century, the need for a powerful president to direct American
priorities and policies is clear. In times of national crisis,
domestic and international focus on the president becomes even
greater, with the widespread expectation that executive leadership
is necessary to combat the challenge. The need for checks on that
power by other institutions of American government, namely Congress
and the courts, also is evident, though the balancing of
presidential power typically has not developed in conjunction with
its expansion. This edited volume analyses the growth of
presidential power from the Civil War era to the present, examining
both emergency situations in wartime and developments in non-crisis
periods.
With the expansion of the federal government since the 1930s and
the rise of the United States as a global power in the twentieth
century, the need for a powerful president to direct American
priorities and policies is clear. In times of national crisis,
domestic and international focus on the president becomes even
greater, with the widespread expectation that executive leadership
is necessary to combat the challenge. The need for checks on that
power by other institutions of American government, namely Congress
and the courts, also is evident, though the balancing of
presidential power typically has not developed in conjunction with
its expansion. This edited volume analyses the growth of
presidential power from the Civil War era to the present, examining
both emergency situations in wartime and developments in non-crisis
periods.
This volume examines the challenges of winning the White House and
becoming president in the twenty-first century. Beginning with the
resources candidates must secure to gain their party's nomination,
continuing through the general election campaign, and concluding
with the challenges that the victor will face upon taking office,
From Votes to Victory presents cogent analysis of the path from
campaign to governance. In focusing on the 2008 presidential race
as a case study of twenty-first century presidential campaigns, the
volume offers an early assessment of the structural changes that
have reshaped presidential elections and governance in recent
years. To address these questions about presidential campaigns and
governance in the twenty-first century, the contributors met during
a one-day symposium at Hofstra University's Peter S. Kalikow Center
for the Study of the American Presidency on April 3, 2008.|This
volume examines the challenges of winning the White House and
becoming president in the twenty-first century. Beginning with the
resources candidates must secure to gain their party's nomination,
continuing through the general election campaign, and concluding
with the challenges that the victor will face upon taking office,
From Votes to Victory presents cogent analysis of the path from
campaign to governance. In focusing on the 2008 presidential race
as a case study of twenty-first century presidential campaigns, the
volume offers an early assessment of the structural changes that
have reshaped presidential elections and governance in recent
years. To address these questions about presidential campaigns and
governance in the twenty-first century, the contributors met during
a one-day symposium at Hofstra University's Peter S. Kalikow Center
for the Study of the American Presidency on April 3, 2008.
Combining practical insight and examples with MindTap's anywhere,
anytime digital learning tools, Wilson/Dilulio/Bose/Levendusky's
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES, ENHANCED, 16th
Edition, equips you with a thorough understanding of the U.S.
government. It examines current issues in American politics,
focusing on the importance of governmental institutions, the
historical development of governmental procedures and policies as
well as on who governs in the U.S. and to what ends. Up-to-date
coverage includes changes during the Trump administration and
results of the 2018 midterm elections. Clear learning objectives
and highlighted key concepts help you know exactly what to focus
on, while links to contemporary debates on policy dynamics enable
you to identify important issues in American politics, apply what
you learn and maximize course success.
We are in the midst of a Dwight Eisenhower revival. Today pundits
often look to Eisenhower as a model of how a president can govern
across party lines and protect American interests globally without
resorting too quickly to the use of force. Yet this mix of
nostalgia and frustration with the current polarized state of
American politics may mislead us. Eisenhower's presidency has much
to teach us today about how a president might avert crises and
showdowns at home or abroad. But he governed under conditions so
strikingly different from those a chief executive faces in the
early 21st century that we need to question how much of his style
could work in our own era. The chapters in this volume address the
lessons we can draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential
leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire
in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how
applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one side,
they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his words to move
public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use of force to
solve international problems. On the other side, it was plain that
Ike's exercise of "hidden-hand" leadership (in Fred Greenstein's
evocative term) would not be possible in the modern media
environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and instant
revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and
skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these
essays to reinforce their preconceptions-and much that is
unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader.
He was in many ways the right man for his time, but limited because
he was also a man of his time.
We are in the midst of a Dwight Eisenhower revival. Today pundits
often look to Eisenhower as a model of how a president can govern
across party lines and protect American interests globally without
resorting too quickly to the use of force. Yet this mix of
nostalgia and frustration with the current polarized state of
American politics may mislead us. Eisenhower's presidency has much
to teach us today about how a president might avert crises and
showdowns at home or abroad. But he governed under conditions so
strikingly different from those a chief executive faces in the
early 21st century that we need to question how much of his style
could work in our own era. The chapters in this volume address the
lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for
presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find
much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying
opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time.
On one side, they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his
words to move public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use
of force to solve international problems. On the other side, it was
plain that Ike's exercise of "hidden-hand" leadership (in Fred
Greenstein's evocative term) would not be possible in the modern
media environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and
instant revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and
skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these
essays to reinforce their preconceptions - and much that is
unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader.
He was in many ways the right man for his time, but limited because
he was also a man of his time.
An exciting and affordable new volume offering a unique perspective
on the Oval Office The first title in a new imprint that pairs
expert political analysis with rich historical news coverage, The
New York Times on the Presidency is a fascinating new reference
book that uses nearly 150 years of New York Times' reporting to
explore the dynamic nature of the presidency in the American
political system. Presidential scholar Meena Bose has selectively
chosen a variety of news articles, editorials, and data from The
Times for which she has written context-providing narrative that
discusses the key issues, leadership challenges, and turning points
in each president's administration, from Franklin Pierce
(1853-1857) through George W. Bush (2001-2008). The New York Times
on the Presidency provides readers with insight into the stories of
29 presidents spanning three centuries, as well as the effect The
New York Times' position may have had on the issues of their day.
Selected documents from the New York Times include: News stories
Editorials and letters to the editor Op ed essays Pictures Public
opinion polling data Obituaries The New York Times on the
Presidency launches the new TimesReference series from CQ Press.
The series is designed to support high school and college curricula
and course work, focusing on topics in American government, U.S.
history, elections, Congress, the presidency, the U.S. Supreme
Court, journalism and public opinion. Just in time for the 2008
election, The New York Times on the Presidency will find a home in
high school, public, and undergraduate libraries.
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