Assessing George W. Bush's Legacy: The Right Man?

by I. Morgan (Editor), P. Davies (Editor)

Overview

This book examines the legacy of the Bush presidency in term of presidential leadership, politics, and public policy. It focuses on Bush's expansion of presidential power in pursuit of the 'war on terror,' the ideological and pragmatic foundations of presidential politics, and the complexity of Bush's domestic and foreign policy legacies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230108585
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	11/26/2010
Series:	The Evolving American Presidency
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	229
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Iwan W. Morgan is a Professor of US Studies and Head of US Programmes at the Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figure and Tables vii

List of Contributors ix

Introduction: Assessing George W. Bush's Legacy: The Right Man" Iwan Morgan 1

1 Rating Bush Andrew Rudalevige 11

2 Bush's Style of Presidential Leadership Nigel Bowles 31

3 Bush's Congressional Legacy and Congress's Bush Legacy John E. Owens 51

4 Bush, the Judiciary, and the Conservative Constitutional Counterrevolution: Close but No Cigar Robert J. McKeever 79

5 The Ethical Record of the Bush Presidency Clodagh Harrington 99

6 Did Bush Pursue a Neoconservative Foreign Policy" Timothy J. Lynch 121

7 Bush's Foreign Policy Legacy: Counting the Cost John Dumbrell 145

8 Bush and Big Government Conservatism Alex Waddan 165

9 Bush's Political Economy: Deficits, Debt, and Depression Iwan Morgan 185

10 Bush's Partisan Legacy and the 2008 Elections Philip John Davies 207

Index 223

Editorial Reviews

"Assessing George W. Bush's Legacy presents a sound set of analyses of the Bush presidency that adds up to an excellent edited book. Anyone interested in American politics or the Bush administration will benefit greatly from the analyses and insights of these British political scientists." - James P. Pfiffner, University Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

"Iwan Morgan and Philip Davies have assembled many of Britain's best scholars of American politics in this collection. Students of the presidency and contemporary American history will benefit from reading the thoughtful and often provocative essays on the complex and consequential presidency of George W. Bush." - George C. Edwards III, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, George and Julia Blucher Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies, Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, and editor, Presidential Studies Quarterly

"George W. Bush wanted to be a consequential president. And he was. But what were the consequences of his administration for the presidency, the Republican Party, the U.S. economy at home, and the conduct of U.S. foreign policy overseas? Iwan Morgan, Philip Davies, and their colleagues provide some initial (and discouraging) answers in their important new book Assessing George W. Bush's Legacy: The Right Man? A must-read for all of us who will live with the consequences of the Bush presidency for years to come." - John Kenneth White, CatholicUniversity of America and author of Barack Obama's America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era

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