Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making

About the Author Stephen J. Wayne received his B.A. from the University of Rochester and M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. An expert on the American presidency, he has written eleven books, several in multiple editions, and over 100 articles, chapters, and book reviews. In addition to the THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE, his major works include THE LEGISLATIVE PRESIDENCY; PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP (with George C. Edwards), now in its eighth edition; a co-authored introductory text entitled CONFLICT AND CONSENSUS IN AMERICAN POLITICS; as well as IS THIS ANY WAY TO RUN A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION?; IS THIS ANY WAY TO RUN A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT?; THE ELECTION OF THE CENTURY (with Clyde Wilcox); and more. Professor Wayne's latest book, published in 2011, is entitled OBAMA: FOR AND AGAINST HIMSELF. A Washington-based insider for forty-three years, Professor Wayne is a frequently quoted commentator on the presidency and presidential elections. He has served as president of the Presidency Research Group and The National Capital Area Political Science Association, is a member of the editorial boards of the PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES QUARTERLY and CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY, and regularly lectures to international visitors, senior federal executives, and college students in the United States and abroad. Professor Wayne has testified before Congress and committees of both major political parties. George C. Edwards III, one of the country's leading scholars of the presidency, is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and also holds the George and Julia Blucher Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies. He has served as the Olin Professor of American Government at Oxford, the John Adams Fellow at the University of London, and has held senior visiting appointments at Sciences Po in Paris, Peking University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He is an Associate Member of Nuffield College at Oxford University and was the founder and from 1991-2001 the director of The Center for Presidential Studies. He has authored dozens of articles and has written or edited 23 books on American politics and public policy making. He is also editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly and consulting editor of the Oxford Handbook of American Politics series. Among his latest books, ON DEAF EARS: THE LIMITS OF THE BULLY PULPIT examines the effectiveness of presidential leadership of public opinion, WHY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS BAD FOR AMERICA evaluates the consequences of the method of electing the president GOVERNING BY CAMPAIGNING analyzes the politics of the Bush presidency, and THE STRATEGIC PRESIDENT offers a new formulation for understanding presidential leadership. Professor Edwards has served as president of the Presidency Research Section of the American Political Science Association, which has named its annual dissertation prize in his honor and awarded him its Career Service Award. He has received the Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service from the U.S. Army and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has spoken to 200 universities and other groups in the U.S. and abroad, keynoted numerous national and international conferences, done hundreds of interviews with the national and international press, and can be heard on National Public Radio.