The Presidency and the Political System
Michael Nelsonteaches courses on U.S. politics,  presidency, and the Constitutional Convention at Rhodes College. In  addition, he participates in the college's humanities course: The Search  for Values in the Light of Western History and Religion. Before coming to  Rhodes in 1991, he taught at Vanderbilt University for thirteen years and  was the editor ofThe Washington Monthly.His most recent books areThe Presidency and the Political System,8th ed. (2006),The  Elections of 2004(2005),The Evolving Presidency,2nd ed.  (2004),The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-2002,4th ed. (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2003),Governing Gambling: Politics and  Policy in State, Tribe, and Nation(with John Lyman Mason, 2001), andCelebrating the Humanities: A Half Century of the Search Course at  Rhodes College(1996).--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.