The George W. Bush Legacy [Paperback]

Colin Campbell (Author), Bert a Rockman (Author), Andrew Rudalevige (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0872893464 | ISBN-13: 978-0872893467 | Publication Date: July 17, 2007 | Edition: 1

'...The George W. Bush Legacy is important, foundational reading for scholars who seek to understand how Bush will be understood in coming years and the lasting effects of his presidency on the office of the president' -- Excerpt from a review in Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 551-553, written by Caroline Heldman, Occidental College

The George W. Bush Legacy assesses the current president's political strategy as well as his administration's policies. With his two terms marked by global tension and intense partisanship, chapter authors look at the Bush administration's efforts to influence the direction of the judiciary, expand executive power, institutionalize the 2001 tax cuts, deliver policies and appointments for favored "base" constituencies, and increase the size and reach of the national security state. Contributors also offer perspectives on the responses to the events of September 11, 2001, including the fateful decision to go to war in Iraq that has perhaps become the defining action of this presidency. Making the volume easy to use throughout a presidency course, each chapter focuses on one aspect of the Bush administration, ranging from the president's leadership style and the influence of interest groups, to the effects of public opinion and the role of the courts. This authoritative book provides measured and nuanced appraisals of the short- and long-term impact of Bush's accomplishments and failures at a particularly pivotal time in American history.

Product Details

• Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: CQ Press; 1 edition (July 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872893464
• ISBN-13: 978-0872893467
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #615,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Andrew Rudalevige was born in Philadelphia but grew up in the Boston suburbs, where he learned to love the ocean, the T, and, at great cost to his emotional stability, the Red Sox. He went to Watertown High School and then to the University of Chicago. After graduation he worked in the Massachusetts State Senate and on political campaigns, spending a term himself on the Watertown Town Council, before going back to do graduate work in political science at Harvard University. Since receiving his PhD in 2000, he has taught at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was a fellow at Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics in 2004-05. Most recently he served as the director of Dickinson's humanities study abroad program in London and Norwich, England, and as a visiting professor at the University of East Anglia. His current research & writing projects address questions of policy implementation and the president's role in directing it.