WHITE HOUSE STUDIES COMPENDIUM. VOLUME 11

WHITE HOUSE STUDIES COMPENDIUM. VOLUME 11

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

SECTION I – STUDIES OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

Chapter 1: THE COMING OF PRESIDENTIAL CZARS AND THEIRACCOUNTABILITY TO CONGRESS:THE INITIAL YEARS: 1937-1945

ABSTRACT

SEEKING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE

CREATING A PRESIDENTIAL ENCLAVE

WAR AND THE COMING OF “CZARS”

WAR “CZARS” AND CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

ANALYSIS

REMEDIAL ACTIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: SEASONAL CLEMENCY REVISITED:AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE NOTION OF SEASONAL CLEMENCY

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON SEASONAL CLEMENCY

REVISITING SEASONAL CLEMENCY

EXPLANATIONS

DISCUSSION – IMPLICATIONS, CONSEQUENCES OF SEASONAL CLEMENCY

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Chapter 3: IT‟S PERSONAL:NIXON, LIBERIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. AFRICAN POLICY

ABSTRACT

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Chapter 4: CONTESTED STEWARDSHIP: INTER-BRANCH CONFLICT OVER UNILATERAL PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES FOR PUBLIC LANDS

ABSTRACT

PART I: INTRODUCTION

PART II: THE HISTORY OF CONTESTING STEWARDSHIP

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 5: COMMEMORATING FREEDOM‟S FLIGHT:THE SPACE SHUTTLE AS PARTISAN VEHICLEIN PRESIDENTIAL EULOGIES

ABSTRACT

EPIDEICTIC RHETORIC AND THE U. S. PRESIDENCY

LOST IN SPACE: THE CHALLENGER AND COLUMBIAEXPLOSIONS AS NATIONAL CRISE

COMMEMORATOR-IN-CHIEF AS COLD WARRIOR

“TODAY IS A DAY FOR MOURNING AND REMEMBERING”

NEW CENTURY, SAME MYTHOS

“THE COLUMBIA IS LOST; THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS”

COMMEMORATING CHANGE IN A NEW SPACE CENTURY

CONCLUSION

AUTHOR'S NOTES

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Chapter 6: TALKING THE NATION INTO WAR USINGRELIGIOUS RHETORIC: A STUDY OF PRESIDENTSLYNDON B. JOHNSON AND GEORGE W. BUSH

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE REVIEW

EXPECTATIONS, DATA AND METHODOLOGY

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS

AMERICA

JOB OF PRESIDENT

WAR

SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION

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Chapter 7: PARTISANSHIP AS A SOURCE OFPRESIDENTIAL RANKINGS

BIAS IN PRESIDENTIAL RANKINGS

ACCUSATIONS OF BIAS

MEASURING BIAS

DATA

LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA

ANALYSIS

TIMING EFFECTS?

ADDRESSING POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 8: THE EFFECTS OF PARTISANSHIP AND IDEOLOGYON EXPERT RATERS‟ EVALUATIONS OF PRESIDENTSCARTER, REAGAN, BUSH 41, CLINTON AND BUSH 43

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND METHODOLOGY

PROCEDURE AND ANALYSIS

PARTICIPANTS

RESULTS

POLICIES, APPOINTMENTS AND DISCREET ACTIONS

CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY‟S POLITICAL AGENDA

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND CHARACTERISTICS

OVERALL RANKINGS

LIBERAL - CONSERVATIVE IMPACTS ON PRESIDENTIAL NARRATIVES

DISCUSSION

STRENGTH OF REACTIONS BY LIBERALSAND CONSERVATIVES

CONCLUSION

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COMMENTARY

Chapter 9: REFLECTIONS ON THE FINDINGS OF USCINSKIAND SIMON, AND BLESSING, SKLEDER AND YOUON RATER BIAS AND PRESIDENTIAL RANKINGS

INTRODUCTION

REFERENCES

RESEARCH NOTES

Chapter 10: FDR‟S FORGOTTEN MAN:METAMORPHOSIS TO A VOLATILEPOLITICAL FUTURE

GREAT DEPRESSION CRISES

FDR‟S FORGOTTEN MAN

SUMNER‟S „FORGOTTEN MAN‟

MENCKEN‟S LOW EXPECTATIONS

ROOSEVELT‟S NEEDY MAN

MILCH COW GOVERNMENT

ANGRY „MAN WHO PAYS THE BILLS‟

GROWING „GIMME‟ PROGRAMS

POLITICAL REBIRTH?

CHANGES BREWING

THE BRAINS TRUST

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Chapter 11: THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILIAL, CHILDHOOD,AND PEER NETWORKS ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICALPERSONALITY: BILL CLINTON, HOPE, HOT SPRINGS,AND RACIAL ATTITUDES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE REVIEW

RESEARCH QUESTION AND FRAMEWORK

RESEARCH METHODS

RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

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REVIEW ESSAYS

Chapter 12: REVIEW OF “WASHINGTON: A LIFE”BY RON CHERNOW

Chapter 13: REVIEW OF “DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC:A TALE OF MADNESS, MEDICINE,AND THE MURDER OF A PRESIDENT”BY CANDICE MILLARD

SECTION II – US PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AT THE UN: 1945 TO PRESENT

Chapter 14: FOREWORD

Chapter 15: INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II:US PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIPAT THE UNITED NATIONS:EVALUATING THE PAST AND LOOKING AHEADTO THE 21STCENTURY GOVERNANCE

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 16: CLASSIFYING THE CHANGING ROLEOF THE U.S. PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVETO THE UNITED NATIONS IN PRESIDENTIALPOLICY MAKING*

CREATING THE U.S. PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN

THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE AS PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMAT

THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE AS POLICY MAKER

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

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Chapter 17: THE IMPACT OF DUES WITHHOLDINGON THE U.S. - UN RELATIONSHIP

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

DETERMINING MEMBER STATE DUESTO THE UNITED NATIONS

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

THE EMERGENCE OF DUES WITHHOLDING IN THE 1980S

THE RETURN OF DUES WITHHOLDING IN THE 1990S

THE HELMS-BIDEN AGREEMENT

MEETING THE CONDITIONS

RECENT EFFORTS TO RESOLVE U.S. ARREARS

PAST UTILITY AND FUTURE PROSPECTSOF DUES WITHHOLDING

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Chapter 18: RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF GLOBALCOMMUNITY: PRESIDENTS AND THE UN

FOREIGN POLICY, THE UN AND THE COLD WAR

AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE UN

THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS

PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH

THE CENTRALITY OF NEGOTIATION

THE AD HOC FOREIGN POLICY PRESIDENCY

LEADERSHIP

NEW THREATS AND NEW SECURITY POLICY

PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS

THE PRESIDENCY, THE UN, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY

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Chapter 19: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTAND THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL:WHY BIGGER MAY BE BETTER

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

GOVERANCE BY AN EXPANDED SECURITY COUNCIL

CURRENT EXPANSION PLANS AND THE U.S. POSITION

EXPANSION AND SC LEGITIMACY

SC EXPANSION AND STRATEGIC INFORMATION TRANSMISSION

THE CONCERT FUCTION OF THE SC AND EXPANSION

PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND SC EXPANSION

IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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Chapter 20: PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND UN ACTIVITIESTO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

THE UNITED NATIONS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN UN ANTI-VAW EFFORTS

VAW AND THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION:ORGANIZATION AND COORDINATION

CLINTON AND ANTI-VAW EFFORTS

FUTURE POLICY SOLUTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Chapter 21: WHY DID BUSH BYPASS THE UN IN 2003?UNILATERALISM, MULTILATERALISMAND PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MULTILATERALISM AND THE PUZZLING CASE OF IRAQ

IRAQ 2003: WHY UNILATERALISM?

CONCLUSION: THE VALUE OF CONSTRUCTIVE LEADERSHIP

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Chapter 22: CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS

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INDEX