Product Description: Presidents are expected to demonstrate strong leadership skills and are quickly criticized when they do not. But what, precisely, does leadership entail? And how can we better analyze and understand the complexities of presidential leadership? A collection of compelling analyses by eminent scholars, Presidential Leadership: The Vortex of Power looks at presidential leadership from a variety of perspectives, integrating cutting-edge research on both the incentives and the constraints presidents face in their attempts to lead the country...read more

Product Description: This timely collection of original perspectives evaluates George W. Bush's presidency and administration at midterm. In short, it's a how-they're-doing-so-far report from the top experts in the field, including Joel Aberbach, Charles Jones, George Edwards III, and Barbara Sinclair...read more

Essays evaluate the Bush adminstration's record on foreign and domestic issues, in dealing with Congress and the government agencies, and in other areas