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Chapter 1 Presidential Paradoxes |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (3) |
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10 | (3) |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 How We Evaluate Presidents |
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27 | (31) |
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What the Framers Expected |
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28 | (2) |
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What Was Expected in the Nineteenth Century? |
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30 | (3) |
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Public Expectations Toward Presidents in Recent Times |
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33 | (2) |
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Qualities Americans Look For in Presidents |
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35 | (1) |
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Leadership the Public Wants |
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36 | (2) |
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How Americans Judge Incumbent Presidents |
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38 | (4) |
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Why Disapproval Ratings Rise |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (2) |
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How the Public Judges Presidents |
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46 | (2) |
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How Experts Judge Presidents |
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48 | (2) |
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Can We Predict Presidential Effectiveness? |
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50 | (2) |
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What Is Presidential Greatness? |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 How We Elect Presidents |
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58 | (41) |
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60 | (3) |
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Why Voters Vote the Way They Do |
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63 | (5) |
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68 | (6) |
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74 | (5) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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Incumbency: Advantage or Disadvantage? |
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82 | (2) |
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Incumbency and the Obama Presidency: Lame Duck, Sitting Duck, or Dead Duck? |
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84 | (1) |
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General Elections: What Matters? |
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84 | (6) |
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The Electoral College Debate |
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90 | (1) |
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How the Electoral College Works Today |
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90 | (1) |
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The Case for Retaining the Electoral College |
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91 | (1) |
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The Case Against the Electoral College |
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92 | (1) |
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The Case for the Direct Election of Presidents |
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93 | (3) |
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From Election to Governing |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Presidential Power and Leadership |
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99 | (23) |
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The Moods and Cycles of American Politics |
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102 | (1) |
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The Vagaries of Presidential Power |
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103 | (5) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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Power-Maximizing Strategies |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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The Building Blocks of Presidential Leadership |
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114 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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114 | (3) |
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117 | (1) |
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The "Conditions" of Power |
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118 | (1) |
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Are We Too Presidency-Centric? |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Chapter 5 The Presidential Job Description in a System of Shared Powers |
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122 | (31) |
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The Presidency as Defined and Debated in 1787 |
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123 | (3) |
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The Presidency as Redefined by Washington and His Successors |
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126 | (1) |
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The Presidency as Redefined by FDR and the Modern Presidents |
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127 | (4) |
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The Job of the Modern President |
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131 | (1) |
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The Foreign Affairs Presidency |
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132 | (4) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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The Multidimensional Presidency |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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Symbolic, Morale-Building, and Shamanistic Leadership |
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142 | (2) |
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Vision, Priority Setting, and Program Design |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (2) |
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Legislative and Political Coalition Building |
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147 | (1) |
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Policy Implementation and Evaluation |
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148 | (2) |
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Oversight and Early-Warning Systems |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Chapter 6 Presidents and Congress |
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153 | (30) |
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Separate Institutions/Shared Powers |
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154 | (1) |
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The President's Constitutional Place |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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The Politics of Shared Power |
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156 | (3) |
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The President in the Legislative Arena |
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159 | (5) |
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Parties and Presidents: An Awkward Alliance |
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164 | (3) |
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The "No Party" Presidency |
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167 | (1) |
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Presidents and Use of Party Appeal in Congress |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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Presidents and Congress in Foreign Affairs |
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169 | (2) |
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Bush, the Congress, and Iraq |
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171 | (2) |
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The "Imperial Presidency" Argument |
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173 | (1) |
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Presidential War-Making Powers Before 1974 |
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174 | (1) |
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The Continuing Debate Over War Powers |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (2) |
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Fusing What the Framers Separated |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Chapter 7 Presidents as Chief Executives: Challenges and Resources |
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183 | (31) |
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Presidents and the Cabinet |
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186 | (1) |
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Selecting Cabinet Advisers |
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187 | (1) |
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The Job of a Cabinet Member |
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188 | (2) |
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The West Wing Wants Loyalty along with Competence |
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190 | (1) |
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The Role of the Cabinet in Policymaking |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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A National Security Cabinet |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (2) |
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The Rise of the Administrative Presidency |
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199 | (2) |
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The Executive Office of the President, Continued |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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White House Chief of Staff |
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205 | (1) |
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National Security Adviser |
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206 | (1) |
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The Chief White House Political Counselor |
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207 | (1) |
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White House Press Secretary |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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Dealing with the Bureaucracy |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Chapter 8 The American Vice Presidency |
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214 | (28) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (2) |
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Vice Presidents as "Assistant Presidents" |
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220 | (1) |
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Psychological Problems or the "Throttlebottom Complex" |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (2) |
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The George H. W. Bush Experience |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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The Dick Cheney Vice Presidency |
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226 | (4) |
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The Biden Vice Presidency |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (4) |
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235 | (4) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 Presidents and the Court |
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242 | (30) |
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Presidential Nominations to the Court |
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244 | (5) |
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249 | (3) |
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252 | (2) |
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The Temptation to Move Beyond The Law |
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254 | (2) |
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The President's Emergency Power |
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256 | (1) |
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Presidential Action in Times of Emergency |
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257 | (1) |
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Court Decisions and Presidential Power |
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258 | (5) |
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Presidential Losses Before The Supreme Court |
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263 | (6) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 The Future of the American Presidency |
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272 | (25) |
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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow |
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273 | (1) |
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Holding Presidents to Account |
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273 | (1) |
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The Presidency and Democratic Theory |
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274 | (4) |
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"Votes of No Confidence?" |
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278 | (2) |
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What About a "President's Question Hour in Congress"? |
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280 | (1) |
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A Third Party to the Rescue? |
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281 | (2) |
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Should We Repeal the Twenty-Second (Two-Term Limit) Amendment? |
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283 | (1) |
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Should Presidents Be Granted an Item Veto? |
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284 | (3) |
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Limiting the President's War Powers |
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287 | (1) |
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The Ultimate Check: Impeachment and Removal |
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287 | (1) |
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Campaign Finance Reform---Again |
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288 | (1) |
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Accountability in an Age of Terrorism |
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289 | (2) |
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The Necessity for Politics and Democratic Accountability |
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291 | (3) |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (3) |
| Internet Links |
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297 | (4) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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301 | (10) |
| Notes |
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311 | (30) |
| Presidential Election Results, 1789-2012 |
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341 | (6) |
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