The Presidency and Political Science Paradigms of Presidential Power from the Founding to the Present

Tatalovich and Schier chronicle over 200 years of scholarship in this unique study of the nature and practice of presidential power. They include lively discussions of historical and philosophical perspectives, along with commentary on the work of some eighty contemporary political scientists and historians. Among the new features in the second edition of The Presidency and Political Science are a foreword by Theodore J. Lowi, a new introduction, a new chapter on the Bush and Obama presidencies, and thematic chapters on the "empirical presidency." Book jacket.