TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,George C. AU - King,Desmond S. TI - The polarized presidency of George W. Bush SN - 9780199217977 (print) AV - P762 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bush, George W. KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 2001- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; George C. Edwards III & Desmond S. King --; The scope of inherent powers; Louis Fisher --; Torture of detainees and presidential prerogative power; Richard M. Pious --; Bending so as not to break: what the Bush presidency reveals about the politics of unilateral action; William G. Howell & Douglas L. Kriner --; "The decider's" path to war in Iraq and the importance of personality; Thomas S. Langston --; From success to failure?: Iraq and the organization of George W. Bush's decision making; John P. Burke --; Intelligence and decision making before the war with Iraq; James P. Pfiffner --; The public, the president, and the war in Iraq; Gary C. Jacobson --; The promotional presidency and the new institutional toryism: public mobilization, legislative dominance, and squandered opportunities; Lawrence R. Jacobs --; Going public, going to Baghdad: presidential agenda-setting and the electoral connection in Congress; Scott B. Blinder --; Managing the news: the Bush communications operation; Martha Joynt Kumar --; The US Congress and chief executive George W. Bush; Charles O. Jones --; Policy histories and partisan leadership in presidential studies: the case of social security; Fiona Ross; Electronic reproduction; Oxford; Oxford Scholarship Online; 2007; Mode of access: World Wide Web; Access restricted to subscribers UR - http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/9780199217977/toc.html ER -