Once again delivering their comprehensive—and accessible—analysis of the presidency, Pika and Maltese bring their trusted core text completely up-to-date. Never losing sight of the historical foundations of the office, the authors maintain a delicate balance as they examine the presidency through a modern lens. A solid foundation for any presidency course, the eighth edition features new data and scholarship in addition to coverage of:

• the 2010 midterm election and preparation for the 2012 election;
• Obama’s relations with the Republican House;
• the appointments of Sotomayor and Kagan to the Supreme Court;
• Obama’s use of new media;
• such major policies as 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 the build-up in Afghanistan, the killing of Osama bin Laden, the ban on enhanced interrogation techniques, the START treaty, and reactions to the Arab Spring.

• the 2010 midterm election and preparation for the 2012 election;
• Obama’s relations with the Republican House;
• the appointments of Sotomayor and Kagan to the Supreme Court;
• Obama’s use of new media;
• such major policies as 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 the build-up in Afghanistan, the killing of Osama bin Laden, the ban on enhanced interrogation techniques, the START treaty, and reactions to the Arab Spring.

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Part I. The President and the Public
1. The Changing Presidency
2. Election Politics
3. Public Politics
4. Presidential Character and Performance

Part II. The President and the Government
5. Legislative Politics
6. Executive Politics
7. Judicial Politics

Part III. The President and Public Policy
8. The Politics of Domestic Policy
9. The Politics of Economic Policy
10. The Politics of National Security Policy

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 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 a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor 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), winner of the C. Herman Pritchett Award, and Spin Control: The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News (1992), winner of a Frank Luther Mott Award. He was recently named the Georgia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Professor Maltese also writes extensively about classical music and won a Grammy Award in 1996 from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.