In the most up-to-date core text available on the presidency, Pika and Maltese once again deliver their comprehensive—and accessible—analysis of the presidency. Never losing sight of the foundations of the office, the authors maintain a balance between historical context and contemporary scholarship on the executive. A solid foundation for any presidency course, the revised eighth edition features updated chapters, including thorough coverage of the 2012 election, and a new chapter analyzing Obama’s challenges as a second-term president in an entrenched partisan environment.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• The book incorporates updated chapters, including coverage of the 2012 election, and a brand new chapter that covers the first 100 days of Obama’s second term, offering insights into the challenges the president faces in leading the country and working with Congress in such a partisan environment.

KEY FEATURES:

• Easy-to-understand analysis of all aspects of the presidency. 
• "Resources on the Web" sections offer readers an opportunity to pursue topics of interest.
• Up-to-date coverage of: 
  • the 2012 election;
  • Obama’s second-term agenda;
  • the “fiscal cliff”;
  • threats from Iran, North Korea, and Syria;
  • renewed concerns about terrorism in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing;
  • polarized politics;
  • the appointments of Sotomayor and Kagan to the Supreme Court;
  • Obama’s use of new media;
  • such major policies as immigration reform, gun control, the stimulus bill, financial regulation and the debt ceiling, health care reform, and the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," among others;
  • U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and an exit strategy for Afghanistan, the killing of Osama bin Laden, the ban on enhanced interrogation techniques, the START treaty, and reactions to the Arab Spring.

• The book incorporates a brand new chapter that covers the 2012 elections and the first 100 days of Obama’s second term, offering insights into the challenges the president faces in leading the country and working with Congress in such a partisan environment.
• Easy-to-understand analysis of all aspects of the presidency. 
• "Resources on the Web" sections offer readers an opportunity to pursue topics of interest.

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Joseph A. Pika is professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and taught previously at SUNY at Buffalo. He is coauthor with Jason D. Mycoff of Conflict & Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-2006 and coauther with John Anthony Maltese and H. Phillips Shively of Government Matters: American Democracy in Context. Pika continues his interests in the vice presidency, relations with interest groups, legislative–executive relations, and education policy. He served for four years as president of the Delaware State Board of Education.

John Anthony Maltese is the Albert B. Saye professor and head of the department of political science at the University of Georgia. He holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees (1995), and Spin Control: The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News (1992).He is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and was named the Georgia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (SACE). Professor Maltese also writes extensively about classical classical music and won a Grammy Award in 1996 from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.