The Presidency and Public Policy: The Four Arenas of Presidential Power

by Robert J. Spitzer

Spitzer'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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817301097
• ISBN13: 9780817301095
• Release Date: November 1982
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.3"