Political Science
3300
The American Presidency
November 19, 2008
Presidents and Policy Leadership
1. Prosperity, Presidents, and Politics
2. The Politics of Monetary Policy: Expertise
3. The Politics of Fiscal Policy: Selective
Benefits against General Consequences
4. The Politics of International Economic
Policy
Presidents and National Security Policy
1. The Constitution, the President, and National Security
Presidential Power in national security
Protections against the abuse of executive power
2. The Emotions unleashed by threats to National Security
The subhuman enemy
Total Mobilization
3. Growing Presidential Power in National Security
The growth of the American military role led to growing presidential responsibility
President George W. Bush and the Prerogative Theory of the National Security presidency
Presidents make politics: Domestic Politics and National Security
Appeals to emotion are inevitable - especially when governing is campaigning
the Civil
War, World War I, and 9/11