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The polarized presidency of George W. Bush [electronic resource] / edited by George C. Edwards III and Desmond S. King.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford scholarship onlinePublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 463 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199217977 (print)
  • 0199217971 (print)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P762 2007
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Contents:
Introduction / George C. Edwards III & Desmond S. King -- The scope of inherent powers / Louis Fisher -- Torture of detainees and presidential prerogative power / Richard M. Pious -- Bending so as not to break: what the Bush presidency reveals about the politics of unilateral action / William G. Howell & Douglas L. Kriner -- "The decider's" path to war in Iraq and the importance of personality / Thomas S. Langston -- From success to failure?: Iraq and the organization of George W. Bush's decision making / John P. Burke -- Intelligence and decision making before the war with Iraq / James P. Pfiffner -- The public, the president, and the war in Iraq / Gary C. Jacobson -- The promotional presidency and the new institutional toryism: public mobilization, legislative dominance, and squandered opportunities / Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Going public, going to Baghdad: presidential agenda-setting and the electoral connection in Congress / Scott B. Blinder -- Managing the news: the Bush communications operation / Martha Joynt Kumar -- The US Congress and chief executive George W. Bush / Charles O. Jones -- Policy histories and partisan leadership in presidential studies: the case of social security / Fiona Ross.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford Scholarship Online, 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to subscribers.

Introduction / George C. Edwards III & Desmond S. King -- The scope of inherent powers / Louis Fisher -- Torture of detainees and presidential prerogative power / Richard M. Pious -- Bending so as not to break: what the Bush presidency reveals about the politics of unilateral action / William G. Howell & Douglas L. Kriner -- "The decider's" path to war in Iraq and the importance of personality / Thomas S. Langston -- From success to failure?: Iraq and the organization of George W. Bush's decision making / John P. Burke -- Intelligence and decision making before the war with Iraq / James P. Pfiffner -- The public, the president, and the war in Iraq / Gary C. Jacobson -- The promotional presidency and the new institutional toryism: public mobilization, legislative dominance, and squandered opportunities / Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Going public, going to Baghdad: presidential agenda-setting and the electoral connection in Congress / Scott B. Blinder -- Managing the news: the Bush communications operation / Martha Joynt Kumar -- The US Congress and chief executive George W. Bush / Charles O. Jones -- Policy histories and partisan leadership in presidential studies: the case of social security / Fiona Ross.

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