Joseph M. Bessette

Andrew E. Busch

Gary Schmitt

The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution examines presidential power from a variety of perspectives: analyzing the president’s role in the administrative state, as commander-in-chief, as occupant of the modern “Bully Pulpit,” and, in separate essays, addressing recent presidents’ relationship with Congress and the Supreme Court.

The Imperial Presidency and the Constitution

A Brief History of Public Policy Since the New Deal traces the development of national domestic policy from the Great Depression through the early Trump years. A chronological look that illuminates the cumulative effects of policy change, the book also focuses on themes such as the interplay of ideas, events, politics, and people; models such as incrementalism, multiple streams, and punctuated equilibrium; the importance of foreign policy issues to the development of domestic policy; and features including the importance of problem definition and the “law of unanticipated consequences.” Following the narrative, each chapter includes a summary of seven key policy areas: economic policy, social welfare, civil rights, environmental and education policy, moral/cultural issues, and federalism. The material is organized by eras identified by presidencies and by whether the era represented a burst of policymaking, made possible because key inputs of ideas, events, politics, and people aligned for change, or a rough equilibrium. Although presidencies are used to define eras, the role of all the institutions are given their due.

A Brief History of Public Policy since the New Deal

William G. Mayer

The Elephant in the Room brings together a distinguished group of right-leaning pundits and political scientists, from ardent supporters of Trump and Trumpism to prominent leaders of the never Trump movement. Taken together, this lively debate lays out the contours of a debate that will rage among Republican conservatives in the years ahead.

Donald Trump and the Future of the Republican Party

The Elephant in the Room

James W. Ceaser

John J. Pitney, Jr. Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics

As they have every four years since 1992, James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch—now joined by John J. Pitney, Jr.—once again provide the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the presidential election.

The 2016 Elections and American Politics, Post 2018 Election Update

Defying the Odds

This book offers a brief history of domestic public policy since the New Deal. To understand issues such as poverty, immigration, and religious liberty going into the future, it is vital to understand how these issues originated and developed. This is a supplementary text for introduction to public policy courses at the undergraduate level.

A Brief History of Public Policy Since the New Deal

Provides an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and political observers who want a comprehensive picture of the past and present of the U.S. presidential nominating system across every state. In 2020, the parties will again nominate their candidates for president. Those nominations will play out in a complicated system of federal law, state law, national party rules, state party rules, and informal norms that have developed over decades. This resource provides a roadmap for understanding the rules of the game and the ways in which they impact elections and politics across the United States. This reference work is organized in two parts. Part I consists of a series of short thematic essays discussing topics such as what primaries and caucuses are, what the difference between open and closed primaries is, varying methods used by the parties for delegate selection, and how campaign finance works in the primaries. Part II consists of a state-by-state description of recent primary/caucus history and the methods currently used for delegate selection by Democrats and Republicans in each state. Comprehensively examines the development and current features of the presidential nominating system Authoritatively and objectively summarizes debates and controversies over the rules, operations, and influence of primaries and caucuses Provides a rich historical background, including primary or caucus results from 2000–2016 for each state, DC, and the territories Contains detailed information on parties' 2020 methods of delegate selection in each state, DC, and the territories

Andrew E. Busch

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