The Presidency and Public Policy Making

George C. Edwards, Steven Shull, George C. Edwards, Steven A. Shull

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Year: 1985
• eBook ISBN: 9780822974321
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: American Government
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The premise behind this book is that policy making provides a useful perspective for studying the presidency, perhaps the most important and least understood policy-making institution in the United States. The eleven essays focus on diverse aspects of presidential policy making, providing insights on the presidency and its relationship to other policy-making actors and institutions. Major topics addressed include the environment of presidential policy making and the constraints it places on the chief executive; relationships with those outside the executive branch that are central to presidential policy making; attempts to lead the public and Congress; presidential decision making; and administration or implementation of policies in the executive branch, a topic that has received limited attention in the literature on the presidency.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• The Job at the Top: The Presidency in Comparative Perspective
• Presidential Leadership Through Public Opinion
• Presidential Identification and Policy Leadership: Experimental Evidence on the Reagan Case
• The President and Public Support: A Strategic Perspective
• Presidential Influence and the Budget Process: A Comparative Analysis
• Macroeconomic Policy Making Beyond the Electoral Constraint
• Evaluating Presidential Performance in Foreign Affairs
• The Roles of a Presidential Office for Domestic Policy: Three Models and Four Cases
• Deciding How to Decide in Foreign Affairs: Decision-Making Strategies as Solutions to Presidential Problems
• Presidential Management of Wage-Price Policies: The Johnson and Carter Experiences
• The Rise of Administrative Clearance
• Epilogue
• Notes on Contributors
• Index