Format:
1 Online-Ressource (238 p)
ISBN:
9781634855044
Series Statement:
Political Leaders and Their Assessment
Content:
Contents -- Preface -- Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, US -- Introduction -- Part I: Executive Power and the Constitution in the George W. Bush Presidency -- Chapter 1 -- Law vs. Politics in the Counterterrorism Policies of the George W. Bush Administration: The Sacrifice of One for the Other? -- Abstract -- Governing without Congress, the Courts, or International Law (or, "A War on Checks and Balances, Not A War on Terror") -- The Role of the Office of Legal Counsel -- in the Bush Administration -- Criticism of OLC Memos -- Repudiation and Retraction of OLC Opinions
Content:
By the Department of Justice -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Chapter 2 -- George W. Bush's Administrative Presidency: Unilateral Action and the "Unitary Executive Branch" -- Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, US -- Abstract -- The "Imperiled" Presidency and the Unitary Executive -- People, and Process -- People: The President's DNA -- Managerial Process -- Centralization -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Chapter 3 -- The Unitary Executive and -- the Bush Presidency -- Abstract -- The Founders' Constitution and the Changing Separation of Powers -- The Rise and Demise of the Neustadt Presidency
Content:
The Unitary Theory: Article II on Steroids? -- The Law Review Breeding Ground -- The Second Bush Presidency's Legacy -- Conclusion: The Post-Bush Presidency -- Endnotes -- Chapter 4 -- Commentary: Understanding the George W. Bush Presidency* -- Author, Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House (2013) -- Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar, -- Conference on the George W. Bush Presidency, -- Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, US -- Part II: Political Leadership in the George W. Bush Presidency -- Chapter 5 -- The Ideological Character of George W. Bush -- Abstract
Content:
Introduction -- Political Scientists on Ideology -- Bush on His Ideology -- Bush's Appointments -- Bush's Policies -- Politicians and Journalists -- Pieces That Don't Fit -- Making It All Fit: Skowronek on Politics and Ideology -- Interpretations of Skowronek -- Explaining the Problems -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Chapter 6 -- Thwarted Realignment: George W. Bush, The Republican Party, and the Elections of 2000-2008 -- Abstract -- The Republicans' Rise to Political Parity -- The Elections of 2000 -- The Elections of 2002 -- The Elections of 2004 -- Thwarted Realignment -- Endnotes -- Chapter 7
Content:
Bush and the Faith-Based Initiative: Forgoing the Role of Chief Legislator -- Abstract -- The President as Chief Legislator -- Data and Methodology -- Rhetorical Approach to Being Chief Legislator -- Acting as Chief Legislator -- Public Policy Goal -- Reelection and Legacy Goals -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Chapter 8 -- Doing Well vs. Being Great: Comparing the Bush and Obama Doctrines -- Abstract -- Presidential Ambitions: Large and Great -- George W. Bush -- Barack Obama -- A President's Purpose -- America's Role in the World -- Barack Obama -- George W. Bush
Content:
Presidential Self-Confidence: Its Sources and Foreign Policy Consequences
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
9781634855419
Additional Edition:
Print version Bose, Meena The George W. Bush Presidency. Volume I: The Constitution, Politics, and Policy Making Hauppauge : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,c2016 9781634855044
Language:
English
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