Rottinghaus, Brandon,  1977- <br/><br/>
The provisional pulpit  modern presidential leadership of public opinion /  [electronic resource] : 
Brandon Rottinghaus. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - College Station :  Texas A&M University Press,  c2010. 
 - xx, 318 p. :  ill. 
 - Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership .
 - Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index. 
<br/><br/>Questions and quandaries of presidential leadership -- The constrained presidency: a conditional theory of presidential leadership -- Presidential (non-) leadership of public opinion -- Successful presidential leadership of public opinion -- Case studies of successful leadership (domestic policy) -- Nixon implements wage and price controls -- Reagan and the negotiation over the budget -- Clinton and the budget debate -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (domestic policy) -- Kennedy's Medicare proposal -- Ford attempts to 'whip inflation now' -- Reagan 'reforms' social security -- Case studies of successful leadership (foreign policy) -- Evolution of Johnson's Vietnam policy -- Carter on the Panama Canal treaties -- Bush and the initiation of the Gulf War -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (foreign policy) -- Nixon (temporarily) escalates Vietnam -- Reagan presses for 'contra' funding -- Clinton withdraws from Somalia -- Implications for leadership and the public presidency -- Epilogue: Presidents 43 and 44 -- Appendix A. Case selection and matching statements and opinion polling -- Appendix B. Case study selection and archival data collection -- Appendix C. Models and data. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--Public opinion--United States--Case studies.<br/>Political leadership--United States--Case studies.<br/>Communication in politics--United States--Case studies.<br/>Persuasion (Rhetoric)--Political aspects--United States--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--20th century.<br/>United States--Politics and government--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK516  / .R67 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>352.23/60973