This collection views the recruitment and selection of presidential candidates, presidential personality, advisory networks, policy making, evaluations of presi

Kessel (Ohio State University, emeritus) draws on the presidencies of Eisenhower through Clinton to examine the president in the context of the institutional pr

Although congressional investigations have provided some of the most dramatic moments in American political history, they have often been dismissed as mere poli

Americans have little interest in government and politics and are cynical about those who govern, believing that government does not work. In response, this tex

"This book will compel scholars to take a new look at the role of "political opportunism" in the presidential selection process. Lara Brown provides a fresh, in