Presidential responsiveness and public policy-making :
[Book]
the public and the policies that presidents choose /
Jeffrey E. Cohen
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
c1997
xiv, 289 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-281) and index
Public expectations of the president and presidential policy-making behavior -- Presidential leadership, responsiveness, and the agenda-setting process -- The substantive content of presidential agendas -- Presidential responsiveness and policy formulation -- Presidential ideology and public opinion -- Policy legitimation and presidential responsiveness to public opinion -- Presidential policy decisions and responsiveness to public opinion I : Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon -- Presidential policy decisions and responsiveness to public opinion II : Reagan, Bush, and Clinton -- Conclusions