"Richard Rose has produced an exceptional book, not just about presidents but also about how they connect—or fail to connect—with Washington and the world. His unique comparative approach—blending process with politics and policy—results in an insightful, engaging treatment of the presidency and its place in the broader American system."
— I.M. Destler, University of Maryland

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Preface

Introduction: Approaching the White House
The Postmodern President: An Overview

Part One: Imperative Pressures for Success

1. The Emergence of the Postmodern Presidency
From the Traditional to the Postmodern President
Learning to Live with Other Elephants

2. The Imperatives of the Presidency
Going Washington
Going Public
Going International
Juggling Imperatives

3. Assessing the Presidency
Conflicting Standards for the Modern President
The Postmodern President: Between World Leadership and Global Failure

4. Widening the View from the Oval Office
An Alternative to the Presidency
Subgovernmentsand Government
The Responsibility Gap

Part Two: Tangible and Intangible Resources of Leadership

5. Resources and Constraints of Government
How Much Does Government Do?
Government as a Constraint
Sizing Up Resources Means Cutting the President Down to Size

6. Learning to Campaign or Learning to Govern?
Coming In from the Outside
Another Way: Going Government
Comings and Goings of Leaders

7. Perpetually Campaigning for Support
Leading a No-Party System
Courting Mass Popularity through the Media
Courting Congress

8. Taking Over the White House
Hitting the Ground Running: Energy in Search of Direction
Keeping Control within the White House
Political Strategies for Organizing the White House

9. The President: A Chief but Not an Executive
Coming to Terms with the Executive Branch
The President as a Policy Taster
Keeping Out of Trouble
Influencing Organized Anarchy

Part Three: Problems of Leadership without Hegemony

10. The Economy: An Open Market for Policy
Trying to Manage a Bucking-Bronco Economy
Adding Up Numbers That Don't Add Up
Living with Your Banker

11. National Security: One Country but Many Voices
Allies and Enemies within Washington
Pursuing Security from the White House

12. The International System Is Stronger Than the President
Keeping the Military Balance
The End of American Hegemony
Toward American-Japanese Bigemony
The White House in an Open Market

Part Four: Evaluation

13. How Popular Should a President Be?
How Much Approval?
When a President Should Be Unpopular
No Long-Term Decline

14. As the World Closes In
After Reagan
The Great Asymmetry
The Future of the Postmodern President

15. George Bush as a Postmodern President
Guardianship: The Idea of the Bush Presidency
The Budget Inheritance
Foreigners with Alien Policies
The Test of War in the Persian Gulf
Vulnerability of a Postmodern President

Appendix
Presidents of the United States
The President in the Constitution
Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy
Nomination Acceptance Speech of George Bush
Inaugural Address of President George Bush

References
Index

Richard Rose is the author of many election books and scholarly papers. He is editor of International Encyclopedia of Elections, published by CQ Press. Rose is the director of the Center for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, where Neil Munro is a fellow scholar.