The George W. Bush legacy / edited by Colin Campbell, Bert A. Rockman, Andrew Rudalevige.

Contents Introduction : legacies and leadership in context / Colin Campbell, Bert A. Rockman, Andrew Rudalevige -- Presidential politics in a polarized nation : the reelection of George W. Bush / James E. Campbell -- Bush's democratic ambivalence ; responsiveness and policy promotion in Republican government / Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Shapiro -- George W. Bush, polarization, and the war in Iraq / Gary C. Jacobson -- A divider, not a uniter : did it have to be? / Morris P. Fiorina -- Supplying the defect of better motives? The Bush II administration and the constitutional system / Joel D. Aberbach -- "The decider" : issue management and the Bush White House / Andrew Rudalevige -- Living (and dying?) by the sword : George W. Bush as legislative leader / Barbara Sinclair -- In search of a means to an end : George W. Bush and the federal judiciary / David A. Yalof -- Grand strategy as national security policy : politics, phetoric, and the Bush legacy / Raymond Taner, Stephen Kersting -- Ideology meets reality : managing regime change in Iraq and the transformation of the military / Colin Campbell -- The braking of the president : shifting context and the Bush domestic agenda / Christopher H. Foreman, Jr. -- Still a government of chums : Bush, business, and organized interests / Mark A. Peterson -- The legacy of the George W. Bush presidency : a revolutionary presidency? / Bert A. Rockman.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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