Presidential Studies Quarterly articles from March 2005

Presidential Studies Quarterly archives from March 2005

Going public as a legislative weapon: measuring presidential appeals regarding specific legislation.
March 1, 2005... Over the past several decades, American presidents have spoken publicly at an ever-increasing rate. This trend has been demonstrated by the work of several scholars, including Hart (1987), Kernell (1997), Ragsdale (1998), and Powell (1999)....

Building public support from the grassroots up: the impact of presidential travel on state-level approval.
March 1, 2005... On September 11, 2001, as terrorists were attacking the World Trade Center ant the Pentagon, President George W. Bush was visiting a Florida school, publicizing and promoting his educational policies. Of course, a terrorist attack of that...

Jimmy Carter: the re-emergence of faith-based politics and the abortion rights issue.
March 1, 2005... Since 1985 there have been clear transdisciplinary efforts to revise understanding of the Carter presidency. The first wave of revisionist scholarship was based upon the Oral History Project carried out by the White Burkett Miller Center at the...

Beyond brinkmanship: Eisenhower, nuclear war fighting, and Korea, 1953-1968.
March 1, 2005... The role of nuclear weapons during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 to 1961, and questions about their potential use during his administration, have generated a veritable cottage industry of scholarship. (1) Whole shelves of books...

The institutionalization of regulatory review: organizational stability and responsive competence at OIRA.(Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs )
March 1, 2005... Modern presidents have often found centralized forms of management to be appealing. Authorities have portrayed such strategies as a response to centrifugal influences that limit presidents' efforts to control the bureaucracy through the...

Scandal, elites, and presidential popularity: considering the importance of cues in public support of the president.
March 1, 2005... Notwithstanding the enormous progress that has been made in developing theories which explain public support for the president, political scholars have yet to draw clear connections between elite messages and individual opinion formation...

The contemporary presidency: do Nebraska and Maine have the right idea? The political and partisan implications of the district system.
March 1, 2005... The smoldering issue of electoral college reform has flared anew in the wake of the 2000 electoral college misfire. Despite opinion polls demonstrating that two thirds of Americans support direct election of the president, the reform receiving...

Elections: turnout in the 2004 presidential election.
March 1, 2005... One of the major stories of the 2004 presidential election was the increase in voter turnout from 2000. There is no doubt that there was heightened interest in the 2004 campaign and that rates of voter participation increased most everywhere in...

The law: when law and politics collide: presidents and the use of the twenty-fifth amendment.
March 1, 2005... What does history tell us about how the Twenty-Fifth Amendment has worked when presidents have been temporarily incapacitated? The results are spotty, mixed, and, to a large degree, unknown, because the decision whether to invoke the amendment...

Source material: presidential press conferences: the importance and evolution of an enduring forum.
March 1, 2005... Meetings between government officials and the reporters who cover them have become a regular feature of American political life as questioning of officials by reporters is seen as an integral feature of our system of government. When President...

Nominating a president: the ongoing challenges.(The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations. By William G. Mayer and Andrew E. Busch. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2004. 226 pp. The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2004. Edited by William G. Mayer. Lanham,...

The George W. Bush presidency: initial assessments.(The George W. Bush Presidency: Appraisals and Prospects)(New Challenges for the American Presidency)(The George W. Bush Presidency: An Early Assessment)(Considering the Bush Presidency)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... The George W. Bush Presidency: Appraisals and Prospects. Edited by Colin Campbell and Bert A. Rockman. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2004. 357 pp. New Challenges for the American Presidency. Edited by George C. Edwards III...

James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government. Edited by Samuel Kernell. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003. 381 pp. Of all the Framers, James Madison arguably was closest to being a political scientist in the...

The Presidential Nominating Process: A Place for Us?(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... The Presidential Nominating Process: A Place for Us? By Rhodes Cook. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004. xiii, 168 pp. Rhodes Cook, a seasoned election analyst, political commentator, and author of several works on presidential...

Roosevelt the Reformer: Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Roosevelt the Reformer: Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner, 1889-1895. By Richard D. White, Jr. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2003. 264 pp. Biographers generally have followed Theodore Roosevelt's penchant for...

High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush. Edited by Steven E. Schier. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004. 292 pp. This is an important and challenging time in the nation's history. In 2001, the United...

Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo. By Jeffrey Record. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002. 201 pp. Scholars have long been interested in the role that history plays in...

Containing Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Containing Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East. By Salim Yaqub. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 392 pp. In his January 1957 message to Congress proposing what became known as the Eisenhower...

Out of Touch: The Presidency and Public Opinion.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Out of Touch: The Presidency and Public Opinion. By Michael Towle. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2004. 176 pp. Why are presidents so interested in public opinion polls? Attention to public opinion poll data offers...

Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History. Edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2003. 441 pp. In Hollywood's White House, Rollins and O'Conner provide an...