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Book SynopsisThe belief that US presidents' legislative policy formation has centralized over time, shifting inexorably out of the executive departments and into the White House, is shared by many who have studied the American presidency. Andrew Rudalevige argues that such a linear trend is neither at all certain nor necessary for policy promotion.
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Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures ix Preface xi CHAPTER ONE: Managing the President's Program: Necessary and Contingent Truths 1 CHAPTER TWO: Bargaining, Transaction Costs, and Contingent Centralization 18 CHAPTER THREE: The President's Program: History and Conventional Wisdom 41 CHAPTER FOUR: The President's Program: An Empirical Overview 63 CHAPTER FIVE: Putting Centralization to the Test 86 CHAPTER SIX: Congress Is a Whiskey Drinker: Centralization and Legislative Success 113 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Odds Are with the House: The Limits of Centralization 134 CHAPTER EIGHT: Hard Choices 152 Appendix: Additional Data and Alternate Specifications 165 Notes 187 References 245 Index 265
