Michael Nelson 
The Presidency and the Political System [PDF ebook] 

The Presidency and the Political System
 showcases the best of presidential studies and research with top-notch presidency scholars writing specifically for an undergraduate audience. Michael Nelson rigorously edits each contribution to present a set of analytical yet accessible chapters and offers contextual headnotes introducing each essay. Chapters represent the full range of topics, institutions, and issues relevant to understanding the American presidency: covering approaches to studying the presidency, elements of presidential power, presidential selection, presidents and politics, and presidents and government. This Twelfth Edition fully incorporates coverage of the Trump administration.

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Preface

Contributors

Part I Approaches to the Presidency

Chapter 1 The Two Constitutional Presidencies – Jeffrey K. Tulis

Chapter 2 Studying the Presidency: Why Presidents Need Political Scientists – Lyn Ragsdale

Part II Elements of Presidential Power

Chapter 3 The Development of Presidential Power: Conservative Insurgency and Constitutional Construction – Stephen Skowronek

Chapter 4 The Presidency in History: Leading from the Eye of the Storm – Marc Landy and Sidney M. Milkis

Chapter 5 Presidential Competence – Paul J. Quirk

Chapter 6 The Psychological Presidency – Michael Nelson

Part III Presidential Selection

Chapter 7 The Presidency and the Nominating Process: Aspirants, Parties, and Selections – Lara M. Brown

Chapter 8 The Presidency and General Elections – Lori Cox Han

Part IV Presidents and Politics

Chapter 9 The Presidential Spectacle – Bruce Miroff

Chapter 10 The President and the Media: The Case of Donald Trump – Marjorie Randon Hershey

Chapter 11 The Presidency and Interest Groups: Allies, Adversaries, and Policy Leadership – Daniel J. Tichenor

Chapter 12 The Presidency and Political Parties – Sidney M. Milkis

Part V Presidents and Government

Chapter 13 The Institutional Presidency – John P. Burke

Chapter 14 The Presidency and Bureaucracy – David E. Lewis and Terry M. Moe

Chapter 15 The Presidency and Congress – Matthew J. Dickinson

Chapter 16 The Presidency and the Judiciary – David A. Yalof

Chapter 17 The Presidency and Unilateral Power: A Taxonomy – Andrew Rudalevige

Part VI Presidents and Public Policy

Chapter 18 Presidential Power and Public Policy – Roger B. Porter

Chapter 19 The Presidency, War Powers, and National Security: Separation of Powers in a Crucible – Jasmine Farrier

Chapter 20 “The Firing, Retiring, and Expiring of Presidents”: Impeachment, Disability, Resignation, and Death—From the Constitutional Convention to Donald Trump – Michael Nelson

Index

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Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. A former editor of the Washington Monthly, his most recent books include Trump’s First Year (2018); The Elections of 2016 (2018); The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents (2019); The American Presidency: Origins and Development (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2011); and Governing at Home: The White House and Domestic Policymaking (with Russell B. Riley, 2011). Nelson has contributed to numerous journals, including the Journal of Policy History, Journal of Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. He also has written multiple articles on subjects as varied as baseball, Frank Sinatra, and C. S. Lewis. More than fifty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition.  His 2014 book, Resilient America: Electing Nixon, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government, won the American Political Science Association’s Richard E. Neustadt Award for best book on the presidency published that year; and his 2006 book with John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, won the Southern Political Science Association’s V.O. Key Award.