Understanding the Presidency Book

	Preface
Sect. 1	Constitutional Origins of the Presidency	1
1	The Creation of the Presidency	4
2	James Madison to Thomas Jefferson	10
3	Federalist No. 69	12
4	Federalist No. 70	15
5	To the Citizens of the State of New York	18
Sect. 2	Historical Perspectives on the Presidency	23
6	The Strict Constructionist Presidency	27
7	The Stewardship Presidency	29
8	The Public Presidency	31
9	The Prerogative Presidency	34
10	Toward a Modern Presidency	36
Sect. 3	Selecting Presidents: Campaigns, Elections, and Mandates	41
11	Evaluating and Reforming the Presidential Nominating Process	45
12	Out of Order: Games and Governing	53
13	The Myth of Presidential Mandate	60
14	From Campaigning to Governing: The Challenge of Taking Over	70
Sect. 4	The Public Presidency: Press, Media, and Public Approval	85
15	The Press and the Presidency	88
16	The Cynical White House Media	99
17	Spin Control in the White House	103
18	Presidents as Party Leaders	115
19	Public Opinion Polls: The New Referendum	124
Sect. 5	The Institutional Presidency	133
20	The President's Cabinet	136
21	The Evolution of the White House Staff	156
22	The Changing Presidential Office	169
23	Can the President Manage the Government?	180
24	Bureaucracy in the American Constitutional Order	196
Sect. 6	Domestic Policy Leadership	205
25	The Hundred Days	208
26	Domestic Policy Leadership in the First Year	215
27	The Presidency and Domestic Policy: The Civil Rights Act of 1964	232
28	Presidential Management of the Economy	244
Sect. 7	Commander-in-Chief and National Security	259
29	Invitation to Struggle: The President, Congress, and National Security	262
30	National Security: The Rise of the Assistant (1961-1981)	272
31	Iran-Contra: What Was Wrong	292
32	Making Foreign Policy: President and Congress	303
33	Presidential Policy-Making and the Gulf War	309
Sect. 8	The Separation of Powers	323
34	The Presidential Pulpit: Bully or Baloney?	326
35	Presidential-Congressional Relations	336
36	Representation, Accountability, and Efficiency in Divided Party Control of Government	348
37	The Presidency in a Separated System	358
38	Is the Separation of Powers Obsolete? The Congressional-Presidential Balance of Power	368
39	Presidential Power and the Courts	383
Sect. 9	Evaluating Presidents: Greatness and Abuse of Power	397
40	The Finitude of Presidential Power	400
41	The American Monarchy	419
42	Watergate: Implications for Responsible Government	423
43	Being Liked and Being President	432
44	What Makes a Good Leader?	437
45	Presidential Character	445