{"product_id":"the-presidents-agenda-domestic-policy-choice-from-kennedy-to-clinton-paperback","title":"The President's Agenda: Domestic Policy Choice from Kennedy to Clinton - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Light\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this third edition of \u003ci\u003eThe President's Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Light brings his acclaimed study up to date by weighing the successes and failures of the Bush and Clinton presidencies in setting a legislative agenda of domestic issues for Congress. The most noticeable development, according to Light, is the shrinking of the agenda and the absence of fresh new ideas. Explaining the emergence of \"the derivative Presidency,\" he attributes this increasingly limited agenda to the problems associated with the end of the welfare state, the thickening of government, the problems of the budget, the \"Reagan effect,\" and the changing nature of party politics. With Light's latest judgments and insights, \u003ci\u003eThe President's Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e remains an invaluable text for courses on the American presidency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What has changed is the content of the President's agenda. Even under similar political conditions, both Bush and Clinton had fewer proposals than their predecessors, and both tended to favor modifications of the status quo over bold breaks with the past. Although there are important differences between the two Presidents, not the least of which is Bush's high proportion of small-scale, old ideas, the two share a pronounced tendency to look backward for inspiration rather than forward.\"--from the Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Light \u003c\/b\u003e is the Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow and founding director of the Center for Public Service at the Brookings Institution. His books include \u003ci\u003eVice-Presidential Power: Advice and Influence in the White House\u003c\/i\u003e, also available from Johns Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9.1 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131368476807,"sku":"9780801860669","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/64e0364f0537f6c28652e75fce6b315c.webp?v=1732618404","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-presidents-agenda-domestic-policy-choice-from-kennedy-to-clinton-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}