TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,George C AU - King,Desmond S TI - Polarized presidency of George W Bush SN - 9780199217977 AV - JK516 .P57 2007 U1 - 973.931092 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bush, George W. KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 2001-2009 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003077.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2007003077-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2007003077-d.html ER -