Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Meena Bose (Hofstra University, NY, USA)
Introduction
James P. Pfiffner (George Mason University, VA, USA)
Part I: Executive Power and the Constitution in the George W. Bush Presidency
Chapter 1. Law vs. Politics in the Counterterrorism Policies of the George W. Bush Administration: The Sacrifice of One for the Other?
Nancy Kassop (State University of New York at New Paltz, NY, USA)
Chapter 2. George W. Bush’s Administrative Presidency: Unilateral Action and the “Unitary Executive Branch”
Andrew Rudalevige (Bowdoin College, ME, USA)
Chapter 3. The Unitary Executive and the Bush Presidency
Robert J. Spitzer (State University of New York at Cortland, NY, USA)
Chapter 4. Commentary: Understanding the George W. Bush Presidency
Peter Baker, Alan C. Low
Part II: Political Leadership in the George W. Bush Presidency
Chapter 5. The Ideological Character of George W. Bush
Graham G. Dodds (Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada)
Chapter 6. Thwarted Realignment: George W. Bush, the Republican Party, and the Elections of 2000-2008
Michael Nelson (Rhodes College, TN, USA)
Chapter 7. Bush and the Faith-Based Initiative: Forgoing the Role of Chief Legislator
Donna R. Hoffman and Alison D. Howard (University of Northern Iowa, IA, USA, and others)
Chapter 8. Doing Well vs. Being Great: Comparing the Bush and Obama Doctrines
Stanley Renshon (City University of New York Graduate Center, NY, USA)
Chapter 9. Commentary: Politics and Policy Making in the George W. Bush Presidency
John Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr. and Peter Wehner
Part III: Policy Making in the George W. Bush Presidency
Chapter 10. ‘We Must Work Every Day to Improve’: The Creation and Evolution of a Homeland Security Infrastructure in the George W. Bush White House [1]
David B. Cohen, Dane S. Egli and Terrence M. O’Sullivan (University of Akron, OH, USA, and others)
Chapter 11. Strategic Staffing After 9/11: George W. Bush’s National Security Czars
Justin S. Vaughn (Boise State University, ID, USA)
Chapter 12. George W. Bush, Strategic Justices, and Legacy Building on the U.S. Supreme Court
David Yalof (University of Connecticut, CT, USA)
Chapter 13. True to the Mission: Laura Bush’s Legacy as First Lady
Dana Cooper (Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA)
Chapter 14. The Leadership of First Lady Laura Bush
Anita McBride, Anne-Imelda Radice, Adair Margo
Contributors
Index