PART 1: APPROACHES TO THE PRESIDENCY : The two constitutional presidencies / Jeffrey K. Tulis -- Studying the presidency : why presidents need political scientists / Lyn Ragsdale -- PART 2: ELEMENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER : The development of presidential power: Conservative insurgency and constitutional construction / Stephen Skowronek -- The presidency in history : Leading in the eye of the storm / Sidney M. Milkis and Marc Landy -- Presidential competence / Paul J. Quirk -- The psychological presidency / Michael Nelson -- PART 3: PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION : The presidency and the nominating process :aspirants, parties, and selections / Lara M. Brown -- The faulty premises of the Electoral College / George C. Edwards III -- PART 4: PRESIDENTS AND POLITICS -- The presidential spectacle / Bruce Miroff -- The presidency and the media: The case of Donald Trump / Marjorie Randon Hershey-- The presidency and interest groups : allies, adversaries, and policy leadership / Daniel J. Tichenor -- The presidency and political parties / Sidney M. Milkis -- PART 5: PRESIDENTS AND GOVERNMENT : The institutional presidency / John P. Burke -- The presidency and the bureaucracy : the levers of presidential control / David E. Lewis and Terry M. Moe -- The president and Congress / Matthew J. Dickinson -- The presidency and the judiciary / David A. Yalof -- The presidency and unilateral power : a taxonomy / Andrew Rudalevige -- PART 6: PRESIDENTS AND PUBLIC POLICY : Presidential power and public policy / Roger B. Porter -- The presidency at war : the limits of agency in wartime presidential leadership / Andrew J. Polsky -- "The firing, retiring, and expiring of Presidents" : Impeachment, disability, resignation, and death - from the Constitution Convention to Donald Trump. / Michael Nelson.