Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors to the Fourth Edition -- Contributors to previous editions -- Origins and development of the presidency -- Constitutional beginnings -- Antecedents -- Constitutional Convention -- Creating the Presidency -- Ratifying the Constitution -- Constitutional amendments -- History of the presidency -- presidency of George Washington -- rise of party politics and the triumph of Jeffersonianism -- Jacksonian presidency -- presidency of Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson and the assault on executive authority -- Ulysses S. Grant and the abdication of executive power -- fight to restore presidential power -- Congressional government and the prelude to a more active presidency -- Theodore Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson -- Warren harding to Herbert Hoover -- Franklin D. Roosevelt to George H. W. Bush -- Bill Clinton and the American presidency -- comeback president -- Balanced budgets, impeachment politics, and the limits of the Third Way -- George W. Bush and beyond -- modern presidency at the new century --

History of the Vice Presidency -- founding period -- Vice Presidency in the nineteenth century -- Theodore Roosevelt to Truman -- modern Vice Presidency -- Conclusion -- Rating the presidents -- Schlesinger polls -- Later surveys -- Critics of the ratings -- Eras of presidential success and failure -- Selection and removal of the president -- electoral process and taking office -- History of presidential elections -- campaign finance system -- nominating process -- General election campaign -- election -- transition period -- inauguration -- Chronology of presidential elections -- emergence of the electoral process -- age of Jackson -- idea of a party system -- Slavery divides the nation -- Postwar radicalism -- age of Republicanism -- age of reform -- "return to normalcy" and the Roaring Twenties" -- New Deal coalition -- breakup of consensus -- new conservative discourse -- Clinton era -- Republicans retake the Presidency --

Selection by succession -- Constitutional Convention -- Vice President as full successor -- Other officials in the line of succession -- Preinauguration selection by succession -- Filling Vice-Presidential vacancies -- Temporary succession when the President is disabled -- Removal of the President and the Vice President -- Issues in presidential succession -- Death from natural causes -- Presidential assassinations -- Vice-Presidential deaths -- Other assaults and issues of presidential security -- Impeachment -- Vice-Presidential impeachment and resignations -- Presidential disability -- Powers of the presidency -- Unilateral powers of the presidency -- executive power -- growth of executive discretion -- Tools of unilateralism : the modern presidency -- Policy implementation -- Emergency powers -- resurgence regime -- Chief of State -- Ceremonial duties and functions -- Chief of State role and presidential power -- Chief of State burdens -- Delegation of Chief of State functions -- Conclusion -- Chief administrator -- President as Chief Administrator -- appointment power -- budgeting power -- President as Chief Law Enforcement Officer --

Legislative leader -- veto -- President's program -- Chief diplomat -- Distribution of foreign policy power -- Presidential dominance of foreign policy -- Congressional cooperation and conflict -- Power of communication -- treaty power -- Executive agreements -- recognition power -- Power to appoint diplomatic personnel -- Summit meetings -- Manager of the foreign policy bureaucracy -- Commander in Chief -- Distribution of war-making power -- Development of presidential war powers -- War powers resolution -- Military responses to terrorism -- International agreements and the war powers -- President as military commander -- President as defense manager -- Presidential wartime emergency powers -- Armed forces in presidential diplomacy and foreign policy -- Chief economist -- Presidential power over the economy -- Interaction and evolution of economic theory, institutions, and events -- evolution of institutions, laws, and rules -- Historical development of stabilization policy -- Future challenges : economic issues for the twenty-first century --

president, the public, and the parties -- Presidential appearances -- President as public figure -- Early eras of presidential appearances and rhetoric -- Modern presidential appearances and rhetoric -- Kinds of presidential speeches -- imperative to speak -- Critics of the "rhetorical presidency" -- President and the foreign policy debate -- terms of presidential discourse -- Speeches of departing Presidents -- President and political parties -- Origins and development of presidential party leadership -- President and party organization -- Presidential party leadership within the executive branch -- Presidential party leadership in Congress -- President, party, and judiciary -- President, party, and the electorate -- FDR to George W. Bush : party leadership portraits -- Party leadership and presidential power -- President and the news media -- Origins of press coverage : 1789-1860 -- Establishment of routines : 1861-1900 -- President meets the press : 1901-1932 -- modern White House publicity apparatus -- modern presidential news conference -- modern White House press corps -- Dynamics of the current relationship -- Phases in the relationship with the news media --

Presidency and popular culture -- Defining popular culture -- Versions of the President in popular culture -- Popular culture as the Fifth Estate -- Public support and opinion -- President's relationship with the public -- Forms of public expression -- Formal surveys and polling -- Factors in presidential popularity -- Links between opinion and public debate -- judgment on public opinion polling -- The President and interest groups -- Constitutional debate about factions -- rise of modern interest group politics -- interest group system today -- Influencing the balance of power -- Regulation of lobbying --

presidency and the executive branch -- Executive office of the President : White House office -- Origins and development of the White House office -- modern White House staff -- Structure of the White House staff -- Recruiting the White House staff -- Styles of presidential management and organization -- Criticism of the White House staff -- Office of the Vice President -- Evolving roles -- Institutional resources -- Executive office of the President : supporting organizations -- appointment process -- Office of Management and Budget -- National Security Council -- Office of Policy Development -- Council of Economic Advisers -- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative -- Office of Science and Technology Policy -- Council on Environmental Quality -- Office of Administration -- Office of National Drug Control Policy -- Homeland Security Council -- USA Freedom Corps --

Cabinet and Executive Departments -- Origin and development of the Cabinet -- Role and function of the Cabinet -- Styles and methods of appointment -- Department of Agriculture -- Department of Commerce -- Department of Defense -- Department of Education -- Department of Energy -- Department of Health and Human Services -- Department of HOmeland Security -- Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Department of the Interior -- Department of Justice -- Department of Labor -- Department of State -- Department of Transportation -- Department of the Treasury -- Department of Veterans Affairs -- Presidential commissions -- Types of presidential commissions -- commissioners -- Commission staff -- How commissions operate -- Functions of commissions -- Housing of the executive branch -- White House -- Vice President's residence -- Executive Office of the President -- departmental headquarters -- Executive branch pay and perquisites -- President -- Vice President -- White House staff and executive agencies -- Federal Civil Service system --

Chief executive and federal government -- Presidents and Congress -- "Separated institutions" -- "Sharing powers" -- Treaty making and executive agreements -- Appointment power -- Veto power -- president as chief legislator -- Forces promoting conflict and cooperation -- President and the Supreme Court -- judicial system : origins and development -- modern court system -- Statutory interpretation and judicial review -- Restraints on judicial power -- President and the courts : a natural alliance? -- Presidential powers in domestic affairs -- Presidential powers in defending the nation -- Conclusion -- President and the bureaucracy -- Evolution of the federal bureaucracy -- Structure of the federal bureaucracy -- Bureaucratic policy making -- Bureaucratic power -- President's view of the bureaucracy -- Presidential power over the bureaucracy -- Outcomes of a complex relationship --

Presidents, their families, and life in the White House and beyond -- Daily life of the President -- White House life -- Protecting the President : the Secret Service -- First Lady, the First family, and the President's friends -- First lady -- Family and friends of the President -- Former Presidents -- Evolution of the Ex-Presidency -- modern "Office of the Ex-President" -- Critics -- Biographies of the presidents, vice presidents, and first ladies -- Biographies of the Presidents -- Biographies of the Vice Presidents -- Biographies of the First Ladies -- Reference materials -- Documents and texts -- Tabular and graphical data -- Illustration credits and acknowledgments -- Index.