Provisional Pulpit: Modern Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Chapter . Questions and Quandaries of Presidential Leadership  Chapter . The Constrained Presidency: A Conditional Theory of Presidential Leadership  Chapter . Presidential (Non-) Leadership of Public Opinion  Chapter . Successful Presidential Leadership of Public Opinion  Chapter . Successful Leadership in Domestic Policy  Nixon Implements Wage and Price Controls  Reagan and the Negotiation over the Budget  Clinton and the Budget Debate  Chapter . Unsuccessful Leadership in Domestic Policy  Kennedy’s Medicare Proposal  Ford Attempts to “Whip Inflation Now”  Reagan “Reforms” Social Security  Chapter . Successful Leadership in Foreign Policy  Evolution of Johnson’s Vietnam Policy  Carter on the Panama Canal Treaties  Bush and the Initiation of the Gulf War  viii : CONTENTS Chapter . Unsuccessful Leadership in Foreign Policy  Nixon (Temporarily) Escalates Vietnam  Reagan Presses for “Contra” Funding  Clinton Withdraws from Somalia  Chapter . Implications for Leadership and the Public Presidency  Epilogue: Presidents  and   Appendix A. Case Selection, Matching Statements, and Opinion Polling  Appendix B. Case Study Selection and Archival Data Collection  Appendix C. Data and Models  Notes  Bibliography  Index  ...