Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Is President Bush a Leader? George Bush and the Changing Context of Presidential Leadership by Ryan J. Barilleaux Governance as Political Theater: George Bush and the MTV Presidency by Mary E. Stuckey and Frederick J. Antczak The Bush Presidency in the Government George Bush and the Executive Branch by Janet M. Martin George Bush and Congress: The Question of Leadership by Gary Lee Malecha and Daniel J. Reagan George Bush and Inertial Federalism by John W. Winkle III The Bush Presidency in American Politics A Man for All Seasons? The Guardian President and His Public by Henry C. Kenski The National Chairman Becomes President: George Bush as Party Leader by Harold F. Bass, Jr. "Poppy" and His Conservative Passengers by Matthew C. Moen and Kenneth T. Palmer Prudence and/or Policy Leadership The Home Front: Domestic Policy in the Bush Years by Robert J.Thompson and Carmine Scavo Is Prudence a Policy? George Bush and the World by Daniel P. Franklin and Robert Shepard Kinder, Gentler? George Bush and Civil Rights by Augustus J. Jones, Jr. Into the Twenty-First Century Presidential Power and Accountability after Reagan by Norman C. Thomas Conclusion Bibliography Index

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About the Author

RYAN J. BARILLEAUX is Associate Professor of Political Science at Miami University, Ohio. He has authored several books on the presidency, including The President and Foreign Affairs (Praeger, 1985), The Post-Modern Presidency (Praeger, 1988), and The President as World Leader (1991).

MARY E. STUCKEY is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of Getting Into the Game: The Pre-Presidential Rhetoric of Ronald Reagan (Praeger, 1989), Playing the Game: The Presidential Rhetoric of Ronald Reagan (Praeger, 1990), and The President as Interpreter-in-Chief (1991).