LEADER 03384nam 22004573u 450 001 9910453298303321 005 20210114035541.0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001141022 035 $a(EBL)1319340 035 $a(OCoLC)855503404 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1319340 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001141022 100 $a20131216d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 200 14$aThe Presidency and Public Policy$b[electronic resource] $eThe Four Arenas of Presidential Power 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-0109-7 327 $aContents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Studying the Presidency; The Policy Approach; The President's Policy Proposals; Levels of Analysis; The Presidency in Perspective; President as Politician; President as Power Seeker; President as Policy Maker; Definitions; Outline of Presentation; 2. Policy Typologies and Policy Theory; Utilizing Policy Frameworks; The Arenas of Power; Critiques; Refining the Arenas; The Arenas and the Presidency; Hypotheses; The Four Presidencies; Summary; 3. Distributive and Constituent Policies: Political Stability; Distributive Cases 327 $aPresidential Distribution Constituent Cases; Constituent Patterns; 4. Regulation and Redistribution: Political Conflict; Regulatory Cases; Regulatory Patterns; Redistributive Cases; Redistributive Patterns; Summary; 5. President and Congress: The Policy Connection; The President and Congress; Past Empirical Studies; Presidential Box scores; Data by Administrations; Electoral Cycles; Resubmission of Bills; 6. Policy Patterns and Congressional Floor Activity; Selecting the Bills; The Committee and the Floor; Differences between the House and the Senate; Floor Activity; Partisan Support 327 $aSubstantive Analysis Summary; 7. The Four Presidencies and the Policy Environment; Presidential Interactions and Policy Types; Applications to Existing Analysis of the Presidency; Of Presidents and Policies; Extending the Analysis; Concluding Thoughts; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aSpitzer's classic study of presidential power, The Presidency and Public Policy examines the annual domestic legislative programs of US presidents from 1954-1974 to show how and in what ways the characteristics of their proposals affected their success in dealing with Congress (success being defined as Congress's passing the presidents' legislative proposals in the forms offered). Presidential skills matter, but Spitzer demonstrates that the successful application of those skills is relatively easy for some policies and next to impossible for others. Certain consistent patterns 606 $aExecutive power -- United States 606 $aPresidents -- United States 606 $aUnited States. Congress 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aExecutive power -- United States. 615 4$aPresidents -- United States. 615 4$aUnited States. Congress. 676 $a353.03 676 $a353.03/1 676 $a353.031 700 $aSpitzer$b Robert$0916187 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453298303321 996 $aThe Presidency and Public Policy$92054016 997 $aUNINA