The presidential leadership dilemma
Subtitle: between the Constitution and a political party
By: Julia R. Azari, Lara M. Brown, and Zim G. Nwokora, editors
Series: SUNY series in American constitutionalism
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781438445991
Subjects: Presidents; Political leadership; History
Description: Examines how the president balances the competing demands of leading his political party and leading the nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a rock and a hard place: between a party and the people; title: Pathways to the nomination: an analytic framework; title: Presidential mandates and the leadership dilemma: William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama; title: Playing for history: the reelection leadership choices of presidents; title: William J. Clinton and George W. Bush; title: Presidents, leverage, and significant public policy; title: The base realignment and closing commission: difficult choices, electoral considerations, and the future of national leadership in a partisan age; title: The paradoxes of presidential leadership in pursuing policy goals; title: Taking credit and avoiding blame: the politics of rhetorical signing statements under unified and divided government; title: President Obama and counterterrorism policy: when campaign promises meet governing imperatives; title: Conclusion: the right choice at the right time.