THE MODERN PRESIDENCY is a concise and sophisticated text that deals not only with presidents as individuals, but also with the large institutions that make up the modern presidency. Case studies help you understand important aspects of presidential action and decision-making and coverage includes the presidency of George W. Bush.
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"This is an excellent short text on the presidency, with a wealth of useful descriptions, case studies, and illustrations. It gives students a strong foundation for almost any approach to exploring the presidency."
"The strength of the book is its comprehensiveness. I also like the serious treatment of the subject at hand. Other presidency textbooks I have reviewed often spend too much time on frivolous subjects or topics, such as the changing interior design of the White House, or the rising importance of presidential pets. This book is about politics and the Constitution, and it doesn’t stray from its purpose."
"The Pfiffner book fills a niche in that it is compact, surprisingly comprehensive, knowledgeable, and highly readable. I believe many students would find this book invaluable as a source for background information and general analytic and conceptual orientation."
"The strength of the book is its comprehensiveness. I also like the serious treatment of the subject at hand. Other presidency textbooks I have reviewed often spend too much time on frivolous subjects or topics, such as the changing interior design of the White House, or the rising importance of presidential pets. This book is about politics and the Constitution, and it doesn’t stray from its purpose."
"The Pfiffner book fills a niche in that it is compact, surprisingly comprehensive, knowledgeable, and highly readable. I believe many students would find this book invaluable as a source for background information and general analytic and conceptual orientation."
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James P. Pfiffner is a University Professor in the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. He has also taught at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Fullerton. His major areas of expertise are the presidency, American national government, and public management. He has lectured on these topics at universities in Europe and throughout the United States as well as at the Federal Executive Institute, the National War College, the U.S. Military Academy, and the State, Justice, and Defense Departments. In addition to THE MODERN PRESIDENCY, he has written or edited ten other books on the presidency, including THE STRATEGIC PRESIDENCY: HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING, 2nd Edition ( 1996) and THE CHARACTER FACTOR: HOW WE JUDGE AMERICA'S PRESIDENTS (2004). He has also published more than 80 articles and book chapters on the presidency, American government, and public management. As an elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration, he has been a panel member or on project staffs of the National Commission on the Public Service (the Volcker Commission), the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. His professional experience includes service in the Director's Office of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (1980-81) and being a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution. In 1990 he received the Distinguished Faculty Award at George Mason University and in 1999 he received the College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship Award. He is listed in the Who's Who in America. While serving with the 25th Infantry Division (1/8 Artillery) in 1970, he received the Army Commendation Medal for Valor in Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Outstanding and Fascinating Modern Presidency Reading,
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