The provisional pulpit
Subtitle: modern presidential leadership of public opinion
By: Brandon Rottinghaus
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership; Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781603441872; 9781603441957
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index.
Table of contents: title: Questions and quandaries of presidential leadership; title: The constrained presidency: a conditional theory of presidential leadership; title: Presidential (non-) leadership of public opinion; title: Successful presidential leadership of public opinion; title: Case studies of successful leadership (domestic policy); title: Nixon implements wage and price controls; title: Reagan and the negotiation over the budget; title: Clinton and the budget debate; title: Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (domestic policy); title: Kennedy's Medicare proposal; title: Ford attempts to 'whip inflation now'; title: Reagan 'reforms' social security; title: Case studies of successful leadership (foreign policy); title: Evolution of Johnson's Vietnam policy; title: Carter on the Panama Canal treaties; title: Bush and the initiation of the Gulf War; title: Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (foreign policy); title: Nixon (temporarily) escalates Vietnam; title: Reagan presses for 'contra' funding; title: Clinton withdraws from Somalia; title: Implications for leadership and the public presidency; title: Epilogue: Presidents 43 and 44; title: Appendix A. Case selection and matching statements and opinion polling; title: Appendix B. Case study selection and archival data collection; title: Appendix C. Models and data.