The Presidency and Public Policy
The Presidency and Public Policy
The Four Arenas of Presidential Power
Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at SUNY Cortland.
Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Studying the Presidency
The Policy Approach
The President's Policy Proposals
Levels of Analysis
The Presidency in Perspective
President as Politician
President as Power Seeker
President as Policy Maker
Definitions
Outline of Presentation
2. Policy Typologies and Policy Theory
Utilizing Policy Frameworks
The Arenas of Power
Critiques
Refining the Arenas
The Arenas and the Presidency
Hypotheses
The Four Presidencies
Summary
3. Distributive and Constituent Policies: Political Stability
Distributive Cases
Presidential Distribution
Constituent Cases
Constituent Patterns
4. Regulation and Redistribution: Political Conflict
Regulatory Cases
Regulatory Patterns
Redistributive Cases
Redistributive Patterns
Summary
5. President and Congress: The Policy Connection
The President and Congress
Past Empirical Studies
Presidential Boxscores
Data by Administrations
Electoral Cycles
Resubmission of Bills
6. Policy Patterns and Congressional Floor Activity
Selecting the Bills
The Committee and the Floor
Differences between the House and the Senate
Floor Activity
Partisan Support
Substantive Analysis
Summary
7. The Four Presidencies and the Policy Environment
Presidential Interactions and Policy Types
Applications to Existing Analysis of the Presidency
Of Presidents and Policies
Extending the Analysis
Concluding Thoughts
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
