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The Clinton Presidency: First Appraisals

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This work provides analyses by political scientists of President Clinton's performance in an era of divided government. Among the frustrations identified by this group of observers are Clinton's failure to define or adhere to his agenda as a "New Democrat", continuing problems caused by his management style and character issues, and his inability to end the gridlock between the presidency and Congress, even with the Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress during his first two years in office. The book assesses the Clinton presidency at mid-term, including the separation-of-powers system, the President's team, relations with Congress, the courts, the executive branch, political parties, interest groups, public opinion, domestic and foreign policies, and presidential leadership. A final, summary chapter considers the results of the 1994 midterm elections and the prospects for the future.
Introduction, Colin Campbell and Bert A. Rockman; campaigning to govern - the Clinton style, Charles O. Jones; management in a sandbox - why the Clinton White House failed to cope with gridlock, Colin Campbell; trying to govern positively in a negative era - Clinton and the 103rd Congress, Barbara Sinclair; rising from disarray or turning around and around?, Clinton's legal policy and the courts, David M. O'Brien; the federal executive under Clinton, Joel D. Aberbach; the parties, the president, and the 1994 midterm elections, Harold W. Stanley; the Clinton administration and interest groups, Graham K. Wilson; frustration and folly - Bill Clinton and the public presidency, George C. Edwards III; domestic policy - the trials of a centrist Democrat, Paul J. Quirk and Joseph Hinchliffe; Clinton's foreign policy at midterm, Larry Berman and Emily O. Goldman; leadership style and the Clinton presidency, Bert A. Rockman; critical realignment lives - the 1994 earthquake, Walter Dean Burnham.
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