Contribution to Book
Politics, Elections, and Policymaking
Building Coalitions, Making Policy: The Politics of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Presidencies
(2012)
Abstract
How do presidents and congressional party leaders try to win elections by shaping policy choices? In particular, as this volume asks, what is the record in this regard during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and especially of George W. Bush? Also, what can be said about the early Obama years?
Keywords
- Political Science,
- Policymaking,
- Elections,
- Presidency,
- Congress,
- Political Parties
Disciplines
Publication Date
April, 2012
Editor
Martin A. Levin, Daniel DiSalvo, and Martin M. Shapiro
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Citation Information
David R Mayhew. "Politics, Elections, and Policymaking" Building Coalitions, Making Policy: The Politics of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Presidencies (2012) p. 369 - 390 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-mayhew/263/