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The provisional pulpit

by Rottinghaus, Brandon,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Texas A&M University Press, (College Station :) Physical details: xx, 318 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Presidents -- United States -- Public opinion -- Case studies. | Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies. | Communication in politics -- United States -- Case studies. | Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies. | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. | United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century. | Electronic books.
Year: 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index.

Questions and quandaries of presidential leadership -- The constrained presidency: a conditional theory of presidential leadership -- Presidential (non-) leadership of public opinion -- Successful presidential leadership of public opinion -- Case studies of successful leadership (domestic policy) -- Nixon implements wage and price controls -- Reagan and the negotiation over the budget -- Clinton and the budget debate -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (domestic policy) -- Kennedy's Medicare proposal -- Ford attempts to 'whip inflation now' -- Reagan 'reforms' social security -- Case studies of successful leadership (foreign policy) -- Evolution of Johnson's Vietnam policy -- Carter on the Panama Canal treaties -- Bush and the initiation of the Gulf War -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (foreign policy) -- Nixon (temporarily) escalates Vietnam -- Reagan presses for 'contra' funding -- Clinton withdraws from Somalia -- Implications for leadership and the public presidency -- Epilogue: Presidents 43 and 44 -- Appendix A. Case selection and matching statements and opinion polling -- Appendix B. Case study selection and archival data collection -- Appendix C. Models and data.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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