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Presidential-Legislative Relations and Presidential Scandal
Studies on Presidential-Executive relations fails to empirically analyze whether or not modern presidential scandal can impact presidential-congressional relations. Meinke and Anderson (2001) find that presidential scandal impacts House of Representatives voting behavior on key votes cited by …
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The Bully Pulpit on Display: How Presidential Libraries Present Presidential History
Scholars have portrayed presidential libraries and museums as either whitewashed and propagandist temples to presidents or highly valuable institutions of American democracy. However, the literature lacks a discussion of the curatorial process for creating the contested exhibits and the choices …
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Presidential Communication to Children: An Analysis of Persuasive Strategies in Presidential Speeches
This thesis explores the content of presidential communication to children, specifically the only three presidential speeches that have been designed for children. These three speeches are President Barack Obama's speech to children in 2009, George H.W. Bush's speech to children in 1991, and Ronald …
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The Presidential Memorial Museum
… Mall of the Washington District of Columbia. The Presidential Memorial Museum is a proposed facility to represent the presidential institution memorial and housing the exhibits of one of the most historical institutions in the country. The historical nature of the work represents the presidents of …
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Televisual Images in Presidential Politics: A Baudrillardian Reading of Bill Clinton's 1992 Presidential Campaign
Television's role in American presidential politics is significant; sixty percent of the American people identify television as their sole soure of news. Thus, a presidential candidate must do his best to appear favorably in the media. Some scholars have suggested that this involves the creation of …
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The presidential campaign of 1948
<p>In the sprint of 1948, President Harry S. Truman's chances of being re-elected to the presidency of the United States seemed very dubious. It was uncertain that he would even secure the Democratic nomination for that office.</p><p>Truman's pre-convention Western trip. In the early summer of 1948 …
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The presidential campaign of 1936
<p>However, for the purpose of this thesis the presidential campaign of 1936 began with the June nominating conventions. At those times the candidates were selected. (Although there was never any doubt as to whom the Democrats would choose.) After the conventions the public had its first …
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Coalitional Congruence and Presidential Influence
… needs for theoretical and empirical research on presidential influence have been increasingly emphasized among students of the presidency. This study purports to add to the theory building efforts by constructing two illustrative models of presidential influence: the coalition model and the elite …
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A Theory of Presidential Nominations
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T19:06:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7709250.pdf: 2649056 bytes, checksum: 4463c50aeb856e48ff16e5ffb308b9dd (MD5) Previous issue date: 1976
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Presidential power and partisan polarization
… of the first edition of Richard Neustadt's Presidential Power in 1960 the two political parties in the United States have grown further and further apart ideologically, especially in the United States Congress. This essay evaluates how that polarization has fundamentally reshaped the …
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Presidential Security: Bodies, Bubbles, & Bunkers
… of this research is to show how the idea of presidential security is a construct that has taken on several different meanings and rationalities in the American context due to shifting power relations, new practices of presidential security, and the constant re-formulation of the friend/enemy …
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A study of the relationship between presidential inaugural addresses, socio-political ideologies and presidential policy
… topic. First, the inaugural address is the first Presidential policy statement and may be compared with policies actually carried out. Second, they have popular audiences in this country and abroad who may be affected by their policies. And, thirs, they are the oldest of our official presidential …
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Presidential power and constitutional public administration.
… Constitution. It argues that the centrality of presidential power in discussions of bureaucratic management and oversight is the result of a misunderstanding of the separation of powers promulgated and institutionalized during the Progressive-Era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. …
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Presidential Power, Historical Practice, and Constraints
America's founding fathers designed the Constitution as a malleable contract for governance, envisioning a republic with a struggle among co-equal actors that would serve to constrain and channel the struggle for power. The problem this study was designed to address is that presidents have used …
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Foreign Policy Mismanagement During American Presidential Transitions
… vast literature on American foreign policy and presidential decision-making, little attention has been given to the problems associated with presidential transitions. The American presidential transition period is accompanied by three limitations that threaten the effectiveness of presidential …
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The Dynamics Of Compression On Presidential Nominations
… parties in the United States choose to nominate presidential candidates is a dynamic process. States operate with a great deal of autonomy as to when and what type of contest to hold, strategic candidates seek to enter the race at an advantageous time, and voters adjust to the electoral …
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Early voting in the 2004 presidential election
The addition of early voting laws has led to the many changes in the US political system. In this dissertation I examine early voting early voting in a number of different contexts. First, how early voting fits in with the larger issue of voter turnout in the U.S. Second, why some states have early …
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The People Behind the Presidential Bully Pulpit
<p>"The People Behind the Presidential Bully Pulpit" argues that civil servants best serve the interests of both the President of the United States and the American people as public affairs officers in the Department of the Treasury. Using interviews conducted with political appointees who served …
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Partial Justice: Congressional Argumentation and Presidential Impeachment
This study examines how participants in the impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton argued whether each president warranted removal from office. Specifically, it establishes a four-part typology of impeachment arguments, and examines which of these arguments …
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