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The George W. Bush legacy / edited by Colin Campbell, Bert A. Rockman, Andrew Rudalevige.

Title: The George W. Bush legacy / edited by Colin Campbell, Bert A. Rockman, Andrew Rudalevige.
Publication: Washington, DC : CQ Press, [2007]

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xv, 352 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

From Publisher's Website: The George W. Bush Legacy assesses the current president's political strategy as well as his administration's policies. With his two terms marked by global tension and intense partisanship, chapter authors look at the Bush administration's efforts to influence the direction of the judiciary, expand executive power, institutionalize the 2001 tax cuts, deliver policies and appointments for favored "base" constituencies, and increase the size and reach of the national security state. Contributors also offer perspectives on the responses to the events of September 11, 2001-including the fateful decision to go to war in Iraq that has perhaps become the defining action of this presidency. Making the volume easy to use throughout a presidency course, each chapter focuses on one aspect of the Bush administration, ranging from the president's leadership style and the influence of interest groups, to the effects of public opinion and the role of the courts. This authoritative book provides measured and nuanced appraisals of the short- and long-term impact of Bush's accomplishments and failures at a particularly pivotal time in American history.

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Case studies

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"Copyright ... 2008"--T.p. verso.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Contents

Introduction : legacies and leadership in context / Colin Campbell, Bert A. Rockman, Andrew Rudalevige -- Presidential politics in a polarized nation : the reelection of George W. Bush / James E. Campbell -- Bush's democratic ambivalence ; responsiveness and policy promotion in Republican government / Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Shapiro -- George W. Bush, polarization, and the war in Iraq / Gary C. Jacobson -- A divider, not a uniter : did it have to be? / Morris P. Fiorina -- Supplying the defect of better motives? The Bush II administration and the constitutional system / Joel D. Aberbach -- "The decider" : issue management and the Bush White House / Andrew Rudalevige -- Living (and dying?) by the sword : George W. Bush as legislative leader / Barbara Sinclair -- In search of a means to an end : George W. Bush and the federal judiciary / David A. Yalof -- Grand strategy as national security policy : politics, phetoric, and the Bush legacy / Raymond Taner, Stephen Kersting -- Ideology meets reality : managing regime change in Iraq and the transformation of the military / Colin Campbell -- The braking of the president : shifting context and the Bush domestic agenda / Christopher H. Foreman, Jr. -- Still a government of chums : Bush, business, and organized interests / Mark A. Peterson -- The legacy of the George W. Bush presidency : a revolutionary presidency? / Bert A. Rockman.

ISBN

9780872893467 (alk. paper)

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^^2007025852

OCLC

141384948
SCSB-12319143

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Harvard Library