{"product_id":"overreach-leadership-in-the-obama-presidency-9780691153681","title":"Overreach  Leadership in the Obama Presidency","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Barack Obama became president, many Americans embraced him as a transformational leader who would fundamentally change the politics and policy of the country. This book shows that the president's frustrations were predictable and the inevitable result of misunderstanding the nature of presidential power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] clear, well-documented study of the limits on presidential power and influence.\"--Publishers Weekly \"A valuable addition to the understanding of US polity.\"--R. Balashankar, Organiser \"In Overreach, Edwards applies 'lessons learned' from his previous work on presidential leadership to the Obama presidency. Edwards argues that presidents do not create political opportunities, but must identify political openings and capitalize on existing political opportunities... A readable book that will find a home in undergraduate courses on the U.S. presidency.\"--Choice \"Overreach is a clear and instructive essay, which, with an impressive amount of data (polls, television audience statistics, Congressional voting, and so on), confirms the arguments Edwards has been making since 2003.\"--Aurelie Godet, Books and Ideas.net \"For more than two decades George C. Edwards has been carefully laying out a clear and consistently articulated argument about the nature of American politics... Edwards's body of work is interesting in that each book builds upon the others. His newest book, Overreach: Leadership in the Obama Presidency, links his prior insights together and extends them into an analysis and critique of one incumbent president, Barack Obama.\"--Richard W. Waterman, American Review of Politics \"This book can stand on its own as a worthy case study of what to do and to avoid as America's most well-known and influential policy maker. I recommend this book for those who want to understand the contemporary Presidency and its relationship with Congress as it really is.\"--Gino J. Tozzi, Jr., Political Studies Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  Introduction 1  Chapter 1: Assessing Opportunities: Public Support 9  Chapter 2: Creating Opportunities? Going Public 36  Chapter 3: Evaluating Strategic Choices: Leading the Public 80  Chapter 4: Assessing Opportunities: Congressional Support 116  Chapter 5: Creating Opportunities? Leading Congress 135  Chapter 6: Evaluating Strategic Choices: Passing Legislation 157  Chapter 7: Persuasion and Opportunity in Presidential Leadership 179  Notes 189  Index 225","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403789345111,"sku":"9780691153681","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/overreach-leadership-in-the-obama-presidency-9780691153681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}