.... It subsequently extrapolates lessons these presidents offer for presidential leadership and US foreign policy today: recognizing the limits of power; appreciating the value of incremental change, rewarding strategic foresight, maintaining tragic optimism, embracing moderation as a virtue. Baker Peter Bush George...

...This chapter evaluates the very special case of presidential leadership—specifically, the president of the United States—and tries to determine the predictors of presidential leadership as explored by both subjective expert evaluations of presidential performance and objective researcher...

... congressional minds, but they can take advantage of members’ ideological predispositions or their proclivities to support their party leader. Understanding strategic position with Congress is the key to successful presidential leadership. The chapter first provides an overview of congressional support...

... be the ability to present themselves as outgoing, affable, and nonthreatening to any of the represented constituencies. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the same phenomenon in case of presidential leadership accountability issues Georgetown University shared governance academic administration...

...Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times. Mark Zachary Taylor, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2024. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197750742.003.0016 How does the evidence presented in this book square with existing debates over presidential performance? And what new...

... legislative partisanship, but has argued that presidential leadership is systematically associated with higher levels of party conflict on most areas of national policy. Knowing that most Republicans are conservative and Democrats are liberal simply does not say enough about partisanship in Congress...

... compete with a variety of influences if they want to focus systemic attention on their issue priorities. Their main paths for focusing systemic attention are through the mass media and making direct appeals to the public. Agenda setting is a critical element of presidential leadership. The presidential...

...This article argues that one needs to think more rigorously about presidential leadership in order to advance its understanding. More specifically, we need to reorient the focus from one that concentrates on presidential persuasion as the core of successful leadership to one that centers...

... foreign policy and public opinion Permanent Court of Arbitration The Hague anti imperialists rhetorical presidency Tulis Jeffrey Haiti Panama public diplomacy U S Roosevelt Corollary Dominican Republic Congress Dillingham-Morales agreement 1904 election mass public opinion presidential...

... reason for asserting his leadership in the institutional system. The dramatic terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 reaffirmed the need for presidential leadership, but it could not resolve the problems that had led to the institutional weakening of the presidency. constitution structural factors...

... of statecraft. The author explains the impact of timing and context, emotional and physical fatigue, and Presidential leadership, including the president's decisiveness, on how statecraft has been practiced, and how this should be taken into consideration for future global challenges. The chapter also...

... on presidential leadership. It finds that public sentiment was not isolationist, as some historians have argued, but was willing to support all of TR’s major objectives. Roosevelt’s feel for the national mood was also crucial, as was his willingness to compromise or change his views when necessary. Topics covered...

... of research are described. The first scholarly current focuses on a president's personal influence. The second strand of mainstream emphasizes presidential unilateralism. A third research current has emphasized the contingent relationship of presidential leadership to the array of political forces...

...Presidential leadership is so crucial to the well-being of colleges and universities that trustees should do everything possible to maximize the chances of picking the right person for the job. Doing so, however, means resisting the academic forces that would advance candidates unsuited...

...This book examines the role of presidential leadership in American politics, arguing that the key to successful leadership for the president is not persuasion but the president’s broad strategic position regarding the public, and that to reveal this position requires asking the right questions...

...This chapter examines the relative utility of the strategic position and persuasion perspectives in explaining the potential of presidential leadership by focusing on several prominent issues arising since Barack Obama’s reelection. In discussions of presidential success, we want to know...

...This chapter discusses the importance of strategic assessments in presidential leadership and the leverage they give us in evaluating the likely success of strategies for governing. Before the president can fashion a strategy for accomplishing his goals, he must rigorously analyze the most...

...This chapter focuses on the presidential leadership of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. It mentions Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, who pursued their own foreign policies and accepted as a given the importance of American engagement and leadership. In contrast...

... internal security presidential leadership national emergencies constitution congressional ratification 147   O ddly, the gettysburg address made no great impression on November 19, 1863. Lincoln's bright and devoted young secretary John Hay casually noted in his diary...

...This chapter discusses the development, varieties, objectives, and effectiveness of presidential communication. The rate of presidential communication has increased over the twentieth century, and now constitutes a key feature of the modern presidential leadership style. Regarding the public...