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PRESIDENTIAL POWER: FORGING THE PRESIDENCY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
November 15-16, 1996
New York, N.Y.
In Presidential Power: Forging the Presidency For the 21st Century, sponsored by the Academy of Political Science, Columbia University's Department of Political Science, and other major organizations, five panels examined the performance issues that confront the presidency. The panels, each featuring two papers by junior scholars, were divided into the following topic areas:
Chaired by senior scholars, discussion sessions supplemented issues raised by the panelists.
Additionally, there was a dinner that included a discussion by public officials and reporters, and a luncheon at which Richard Neustadt spoke. The year 1996 was the 35th anniversary of the publication of Neustadt's major work, Presidential Power.
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THE PRESIDENCY IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM Facilitator: JEFFREY TULIS--University of Texas at Austin MARISSA GOLDEN--The University of Pennsylvania "The President and the Executive Branch: Lessons From the Reagan Years" ROBERT C. LIEBERMAN--Columbia University "Political Time Reconsidered: Presidential Power and Policy Coalitions" Discussant: FRED I. GREENSTEIN--Princeton University |
PRESIDENTS AS PERSUADERS Facilitator: GEORGE C. EDWARDS, III--Bush Center for the Study of the Presidency; Texas A&M CHARLES CAMERON--Columbia University "President, Vetoes, and Bargaining" RENEE SMITH--University of Rochester "The Timing of Presidential Speeches: Can the President Be an Effective Teacher?" Discussants: BRUCE MIROFF--State University of New York TERRY SULLIVAN--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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THE PERSONALIZATION OF POWER Facilitator: LYN RAGSDALE--University of Arizona KEN MAYER--University of Wisconsin at Madison TOM WEKO--University of Puget Sound "The Institutionalization of Power" THOMAS PRESTON--Washington State University "The President and His Inner Circle: Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Policy Making" Discussants: LARRY BERMAN--University of California at Davis KAREN HULT--Virginia Polytech Institute |
ORGANIZING THE PRESIDENCY Facilitator: BERT ROCKMAN--University of Pittsburgh MATT DICKINSON, Harvard University "Organizing the Presidency" MICHAEL LINK, University of South Carolina "The Presidential Kaleidoscope: Advisory Networks in Action" Discussants: JOHN BURKE--University of Vermont TERRY MOE--Stanford University |
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THE POTENTIAL FOR LEADERSHIP Facilitator: MARK PETERSON--University of Pittsburgh DIANE HEITH--Brown University "Presidential Polling and the Transformation of Public Thought" RUSSELL RILEY--University of Pennsylvania "The Limits of the Transformational Presidency" Discussants: BETTY GLAD--University of South Carolina THEDA SKOCPOL--Harvard University |
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