For this semester we will focus on the possibility of isolating patterns in the conduct of the presidency that bind and can be used to compare one Administration to the next. In order to understand the presidency, it is important to study everything from the offices that comprise the presidential branch to the personality of the President himself. In addition, for comparative purposes, we will discuss chief executives in foreign democracies and at the state level. By the end of the semester, students will be expected to answer the question as to whether the systematic study of the presidency is possible. Class Sessions Class sessions will consist primarily of lecture and discussion of the weekly readings.
Plagiarism is defined as the unattributed use of someone else's ideas or writings.
This syllabus is a statement of the plan for the course subject to reasonable changes. The Federalist Papers - Nos.