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The President's Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789?2002.
Jeffrey E. Cohen asks why presidents send to Congress the legislative proposals that they do and what Congress does with those proposals from 1789 to 2002.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; THE PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE POLICY AGENDA, 1789-2002; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction: Two Puzzles; PUZZLE 1: THE DIVIDED GOVERNMENT PUZZLE; PUZZLE 2: THE MODERN PRESIDENT PUZZLE; CONVENTIONAL EXPLANATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL BEHAVIOR; CONGRESSIONAL ANTICIPATIONS AND PRESIDENTIAL AGENDA BUILDING; PLAN OF THE BOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1: The President's Legislative Policy Agenda; THE FOUNDATION OF THE PRESIDENTS LEGISLATIVE POLICY AGENDA; MULTIPLE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY AGENDAS: DEFINING THE PRESIDENTIAL LEGISLATIVE POLICY AGENDA; DEFINING AGENDAS.
- MULTIPLE PRESIDENTIAL POLICY AGENDASDISTINGUISHING THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY AGENDA FROM POSITION TAKING; THE PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM VERSUS THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY AGENDA; THE PRESIDENT'S LEGISLATIVE POLICY AGENDA DATABASE, 1789-2002; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 2: Studying Agenda Building; TEMPORAL LIMITATIONS; DOMESTIC POLICY EMPHASIS; LACK OF HYPOTHESIS TESTING; AN APPROACH TO STUDYING PRESIDENTIAL AGENDA BUILDING; PROCESS VERSUS COMPARISON APPROACHES TO STUDYING AGENDAS; CHAPTER 3: A Theory of Presidential Agenda Building and the Congressional Response; THE TWO PUZZLES REVISITED.
- The Divided Government PuzzleThe Modern President Puzzle; Summary; CONVENTIONAL EXPLANATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL BEHAVIOR: SINCERITY AND RESPONSIVENESS TO EXPECTATIONS; PRESIDENTIAL SINCERITY AND CONGRESS; Modern Presidents and the President's Legislative Agenda; Summary; THE THEORY OF CONGRESSIONAL ANTICIPATIONS; Existing Research; Basic Assumptions; CONGRESSIONAL ANTICIPATIONS AND DIVIDED GOVERNMENT; The Agenda Size Hypothesis; The Moderation Hypothesis; The Presidential "Blame Game" Hypothesis; The Agenda Size-Legislative Success Hypothesis; The Moderation-Success Hypothesis.
- Modern Presidents and Agenda BuildingThe Modern President-Success Hypothesis; Modern Presidents, Size of Agenda, and Success; Summary; ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON PRESIDENTIAL AGENDA BUILDING; Presidents, Representation and Agenda Building; Administrative Responsibilities and the President's Agenda; Partisanship and Presidential Agendas; Summary; CHAPTER 4: The Size of the President's Agenda, 1789-2002; TRENDS IN PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL ACTIVITY: THE LONG VIEW; Rethinking the Modern Presidency; Rethinking the Legislative Activism of Traditional Presidents.
- Post-World War Two Proposal Activity: A Closer LookComparisons with Congressional Bill Introduction Activity; Summary; ACCOUNTING FOR TRENDS IN PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL ACTIVITY: VARIABLES USED IN THE ANALYSIS; CONTROL VARIABLES; Party Polarization; Administrative Responsibilities; Representational Concerns; Presidential Party Differences; Estimation Issues; ANALYSIS; MODERN PRESIDENTS AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIVISM; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 5: The Substantive Content of Presidential Agendas; POLICY TYPOLOGIES AND THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA; CLASSIFYING PRESIDENTIAL REQUESTS INTO POLICY AREAS.