The polarized presidency of George W. Bush [electronic resource] / edited by George C. Edwards III and Desmond S. King. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xiv, 463 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Oxford scholarship online. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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


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

9780199217977 (print) 0199217971 (print)


Bush, George W. 1946-


Presidents--United States.


United States--Politics and government--2001-

P762 2007