{"product_id":"managing-the-presidents-program-presidential-leadership-and-legislative-policy-formulation-9780691095011","title":"Managing the Presidents Program  Presidential","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Neustadt award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403721351511,"sku":"9780691095011","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691095011.jpg?v=1730484356","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/managing-the-presidents-program-presidential-leadership-and-legislative-policy-formulation-9780691095011","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}