Description
The third edition of New Directions in the American Presidency provides important updates on all topics throughout the text, including new and relevant literature across the subfield of presidency studies within political science. Significant changes have occurred within the political environment since the publication of the second edition. Many scholars refer to the Trump presidency as a "disruption" to the political order, and each chapter will assess the lessons and legacies of the Trump years and analyze how the Biden presidency is faring in the return to a more "traditional" style of presidential leadership.
New to the Third Edition:
- Updated chapter on the 2020 presidential campaign and aftermath
- Assessment of the Trump years: Presidential powers and management of executive branch, use of social media, relationship with Congress, relationship with political parties, public opinion, domestic and foreign policy, Supreme Court appointments
- Two new chapters—unitary powers, and intersectionality and the presidency
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction: Studying Presidents and the Presidency
Lori Cox Han
Chapter 2 – Presidents and the Constitution
Victoria A. Farrar-Myers
Chapter 3 – Presidents and Unilateral Powers
Sharece Thrower
Chapter 4 – Presidential Campaigns and Elections
Randall E. Adkins
Chapter 5 – Presidents and Political Parties
Julia R. Azari
Chapter 6 – Presidents and Mass Media
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha
Chapter 7 – Presidents and Public Opinion
Diane J. Heith
Chapter 8 – Presidents and Intersectionality
Caroline Heldman
Chapter 9 – Presidents and Congress
Brandon Rottinghaus
Chapter 10 – Presidents and the Courts
Nancy Kassop
Chapter 11 – Presidents, the White House, and the Executive Branch
Matthew J. Dickinson
Chapter 12 – Presidents and Domestic Policy
Jeremy L. Strickler
Chapter 13 – Presidents and Foreign Policy
Meena Bose
