Managing the Presidency

Library Journal

Unlike many studies of the American presidency which focus on character and style, Campbell's text analyzes both the personal and administrative roles of America's recent chief executives. The President's relations with his Cabinet and the implications of his fiscal and economic policies are thoroughly explored. The author's comparisons between the presidency and the British prime ministry are cogent and help identify the constitutional and political constraints inherent in the institutional presidency. Presidents Reagan and Carter are impartially scrutinized, and their records used to illustrate how the policy and personal behaviors of the chief executive assist in defining both the political agenda and the effectiveness of the institutional presidency. Recommended for academic and large subject collections. Karl Helicher, Wolfsohn Memorial Lib., King of Prussia, Pa.