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Disruption and Its Consequences in US Politics and Government. This book reveals the widespread effects of the Trump administrations efforts to unsettle and reshape American governance. The chapters focus on the major fronts of conflict evident during Trumps presidency in public opinion, party politics, media coverage, Congressional relations, executive branch management, judicial appointments, foreign policy and domestic policy. The guiding f...

Disruption and Its Consequences in US Politics and Government. This book reveals the widespread effects of the Trump administrations efforts to unsettle and reshape American governance. The chapters focus on the major fronts of conflict evident during Trumps presidency in public opinion, party politics, media coverage, Congressional relations, executive branch management, judicial appointments, foreign policy and domestic policy. The guiding f...

The stunning 2016 election and presidency of Donald Trump was decades in the making. Three trends since the 1960s created the conditions for his triumph. First, a growing popular discontent with government, long evident in public opinion, created a widespread distrust of established leaders and institutions. Second, America underwent the rise of "professional government." Governing professionals are an elite built on merit through occupational...

Since 1980, the national agenda and the attention of Congress have been focused on federal budget deficits. This is the first book, however, to examine how lawmakers think about fiscal problems and to emphasize individual legislators' economic beliefs. Based on interviews with 110 members of Congress, the book includes an assessment of Congress's capacity to make sound fiscal policy in the future.

Since 1980, the national agenda and the attention of Congress have been focused on federal budget deficits. This is the first book, however, to examine how lawmakers think about fiscal problems and to emphasize individual legislators' economic beliefs. Based on interviews with 110 members of Congress, the book includes an assessment of Congress's capacity to make sound fiscal policy in the future.

Donald Trump's stunning and surprising election to the US presidency has convulsed the political, academic, and journalistic worlds. Based on the election campaign, transition and the pivotal start to the new administration, this book will briefly but comprehensively introduce students to all major aspects of the initial Trump presidency.

Donald Trump's stunning and surprising election to the US presidency has convulsed the political, academic, and journalistic worlds. Based on the election campaign, transition and the pivotal start to the new administration, this book will briefly but comprehensively introduce students to all major aspects of the initial Trump presidency.

Schier and Eberly's system-level view of American politics demonstrates the disconnect between an increasingly polarized and partisan elite and an increasingly disaffected mass public.

As the controversial presidency of George W. Bush draws to a close, here is a book that provides the first dispassionate, even-handed assessment of his years in office. Widely respected, Steven E. Schier goes beyond the perspective of contemporary political commentary, and draws on wide-ranging literature about presidential history and strategy to carefully identify both the unique and the familiar aspects of George W. Bush's presidency.

From campus protests to the Congress floor, the central feature of contemporary American politics is ideological polarization. In this concise, readable, but comprehensive text, Steven E. Schier and Todd E. Eberly introduce students to this contentious subject through an in-depth look at the ideological foundations of the contemporary American political machine of parties, politicians, the media, and the public. Beginning with a redefinition o...

This is the first book to present both the arguments for and against Barack Obama's presidency and its policies. In it, prominent political scientists and Washington think tank scholars address Obama's domestic, economic and foreign policies and his political legacy. Contrasting perspectives assess the consequences of the large aspirations of the Obama presidency and the political and policy challenges Obama encountered in the pursuit of those...

The presidency of Barack Obama seeks a major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy. It also places the Obama presidency in historical perspective, noting the unusual circumstances of his election and the similarities and differenc...

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In the first book to present both the arguments for and against Barack Obama's presidency and its policies, prominent political scientists and Washington think tank scholars address Obama's domestic, economic and foreign policies and his political legacy. Rival perspectives assess the consequences of the large aspirations of the Obama presidency and the political and policy challenges Obama encountered in the pursuit of those aspirations.

Identifying four essential evaluative criteria for a democracy that genuinely works, this work asks us to examine the degree to which our system promotes political stability, what the problems are with voter turnout and how to improve it, and asks for a meaningful scrutiny of governmental policy.