Presidential Leadership in Political Time: Reprise and Reappraisal?second Edition, Revised and Expanded

Skowronek, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0700617620 / ISBN 13: 9780700617623

Published by University Press of Kansas, 2011

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Synopsis:

Presidential Leadership in Political Time has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the leadership patterns from the more distant past.

Drawing out parallels in the politics of leadership between Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt and between James Polk and John Kennedy, it develops a new and revealing perspective on the presidential leadership of Clinton, Bush, and Obama.

In this edition, Skowronek devotes a new chapter to Obama's presidency and its prospects for becoming transformational - like the presidencies of Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, FDR, and Reagan, all of whom succeeded to varying degrees in reconstructing the playing field of national politics.

Along the way, he wonders if this kind of leadership is still even possible, given the current divided state of the American polity. He also takes a fresh look at the impact of the 24-hour news cycle, of a more disciplined and homogeneous Republican party, of conservative advocacy of the ""unitary theory"" of the executive, and of progressive disillusionment with the presidency as an institution.

Review: Brief, accessible, and captivating, this is an important contribution to our understanding of presidential leadership in American politics.Political Science Quarterly

With this brilliant work, Skowronek scans the centuries to illuminate the dynamics that have made some presidents the master of political timeand others its victim.Ron Brownstein, Los Angeles Times national affairs columnist

A brilliant, provocative reading of presidential history that sparkles with originality and insight.Richard Ellis, author of Founding the American Presidency

Bibliographic Details

Title: Presidential Leadership in Political Time: ...
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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