Confrontation and Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006

The authors examine the relationship between President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress to explore political leadership in American politics. Six case studies make clear that individual leaders in both the Congress and the administration provide the direction, coherence, and energy that leadership requires. Two case studies concentrate on solutions devised to resolve long-standing policy issues that had been the center of controversy even before Bush's election: education reform and campaign finance reform. Two cases focus on issues that arose in the aftermath of 9/11: intelligence reform and creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Two are drawn from Bush's second term: the response to Hurricane Katrina and the failed effort to reform Social Security. The authors draw several general conclusions. Direction, coherence and energy are provided by multiple national leaders, not just by the president. Like other presidents, Bush sought to dominate national policy-making but ultimately found it necessary to effect tactical and policy reversals, actions inconsistent with his image as an uncompromising man of principle. Legislative success often depended on the skills of Bush's allies and particularly on the efforts of bipartisan and sometimes bicameral "tandems" who forged compromises across party and institutional lines that made progress possible.

History

Pika, Joseph A.

Mycoff, Jason D.

Americas

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The authors examine the relationship between President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress to explore political leadership in American politics. Six case studies make clear that individual leaders in both the Congress and the administration provide the direction, coherence, and energy that leadership requires. Two case studies concentrate on solutions devised to resolve long-standing policy issues that had been the center of controversy even before Bush's election: education reform and campaign finance reform. Two cases focus on issues that arose in the aftermath of 9/11: intelligence reform and creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Two are drawn from Bush's second term: the response to Hurricane Katrina and the failed effort to reform Social Security. The authors draw several general conclusions. Direction, coherence and energy are provided by multiple national leaders, not just by the president. Like other presidents, Bush sought to dominate national policy-making but ultimately found it necessary to effect tactical and policy reversals, actions inconsistent with his image as an uncompromising man of principle. Legislative success often depended on the skills of Bush's allies and particularly on the efforts of bipartisan and sometimes bicameral 'tandems' who forged compromises across party and institutional lines that made progress possible.

Political Science Research Methods, 6th Ed + Working With Political Science Research Methods, 2nd Ed (Methods: Problems and Exercise)

Politics & Social Sciences

Johnson, Janet B.

Reynolds, H.T.

Social Sciences

CQ Press

BUNDLE: Johnson: Political Science Research Methods 7e + Working with Political Science Research Methods 3e package

Practice makes perfect. This new, fourth edition of Working with Political Science Research Methods continues to support student learning by offering the perfect opportunity to practice each of the methods presented in the core text. Designed to be paired with the text chapter for chapter, the workbook breaks out each aspect of the research process into manageable parts and features new exercises and updated data sets. More than half of the book′s exercises are new or updated, and feature more international examples than ever before. A solutions manual with answers to the workbook is available to adopters.

Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problems and Exercises

Politics & Government

This bundle includes Johnson: Political Science Research Methods 8e&nbsp;and Mycoff: Working with Political Science Research Methods 4e

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Understand the "how" and the "why" behind research in political science. Political Science Research Methods by Janet Buttolph Johnson, H. T. Reynolds, and Jason D. Mycoff helps you to understand the logic behind research design by guiding you through a step-by-step process that explains when and why a researcher would pursue different kinds of methods. The highly anticipated Ninth Edition of this trusted resource provides more international examples, an increased focus on the role ethics play in the research process, increased attention to qualitative research methods, and expanded coverage on the role of the internet in research and analysis.

Political Science Research Methods

Practice makes perfect. This new, Fifth Edition of Working with Political Science Research Methods continues to support student learning by offering the perfect opportunity to practice each of the methods presented in the core text. Designed to be paired with the Political Science Research Methods 9th edition chapter-for-chapter, the workbook breaks out each aspect of the research process into manageable parts and features new exercises and updated data sets. More than half of the book′s exercises are new or updated and feature more international examples, greater focus on qualitative research methods, and directly correlates with the text′s more condensed layout. A solutions manual with answers to the workbook is available to adopters.

Reference

About the Author\nJanet Buttolph Johnson is associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware, where she specializes in public policy, state and local politics, and environmental policy and politics.\nJason Mycoff is associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware. His research is on American political institutions, in particular the US Congress, congressional committees, and parties.

BUNDLE: Johnson: Political Science Research Methods, 9e (Paperback) + Mycoff: Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problems and Exercises, 5e

Practice makes perfect. The new third edition of Working with Political Science Research Methods continues to support student learning by offering the perfect opportunity to practice each of the methods presented in the core text. Designed to be paired with the text chapter for chapter, the workbook breaks out each aspect of the research process into manageable parts and features new exercises and updated data sets.

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Confrontation and Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006

Confrontation and Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006

Political Science Research Methods, 6th Ed + Working With Political Science Research Methods, 2nd Ed (Methods: Problems and Exercise)

BUNDLE: Johnson: Political Science Research Methods 7e + Working with Political Science Research Methods 3e package

Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problems and Exercises

BUNDLE: Johnson: Political Science Research Methods 8e + Mycoff: Working with Political Science Research Methods 4e

Political Science Research Methods

Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problems and Exercises

BUNDLE: Johnson: Political Science Research Methods, 9e (Paperback) + Mycoff: Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problems and Exercises, 5e

Working with Political Science Research Methods: Problem and Exercises