Presidential Frontiers: Underexplored Issues in White House Politics

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• Part I - The First Frontier: The Nature of the Office 1
• Chapter 1 - The Normative Study of the Presidency 3
• NOTES 17
• Chapter 2 - The President as Representative 23
• NOTES 34
• References 35
• Chapter 3 Washington And/Or Versailles: the White House as a Court Society 37
• References 51
• Chapter 4 - Electing Presidents and Other Potentates 53
• Part II - New Insights on Power and Policy 77
• Chapter 5 - The Overlooked Relevance of the Pardon Power 79
• References 96

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• Part I - The First Frontier: The Nature of the Office 1
• Chapter 1 - The Normative Study of the Presidency 3
• NOTES 17
• Chapter 2 - The President as Representative 23
• NOTES 34
• References 35
• Chapter 3 Washington And/Or Versailles: the White House as a Court Society 37
• References 51
• Chapter 4 - Electing Presidents and Other Potentates 53
• Part II - New Insights on Power and Policy 77
• Chapter 5 - The Overlooked Relevance of the Pardon Power 79
• References 96
• Chapter 6 - The Presidency and Social Policy 99
• References 114
• Chapter 7 - The Other Side of War: Presidential Peace Powers 119
• References 133
• Chapter 8 - The President and Federal Reserve Nominations 135
• References 146
• Part III - New Political and Cultural Frontiers 149
• Chapter 9 - The Presidency as a Cultural Pulpit 151
• References 175
• Chapter 10 - The Other Side of Power: Who Is Left Out of Presidential Rhetoric? 179
• References 190
• Chapter 11 - First Partner: First Ladies and Their Roles 195
• Appendix 221
• NOTES 223
• References 223
• Afterword 227
• References 230
• Index 231
• About the Contributors 235