Part V: George W. Bush and American IdeologiesThe Power of Presidential Ideologies
Dennis Florig (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea)
In 1992 I published The Power of Presidential Ideologies, a study of presidential administrations, their ideas, and their policies, covering presidents from Franklin Roosevelt through the first George Bush. I have updated the original version of with new text, graphics, and links.
The updated internet edition has:
- Revised editions of several chapters online.
- Links to my online Bush Watch web page and other pages on current issues.
- A new introduction which assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the original edition.
- Links for the study of the presidency.
Table of Contents to the Internet Edition
Introduction to the Internet Edition
Part I: Presidents and the Ideological Spectrum
Chapter 1 Revised: The President as Ideological Leader
New Material: American Ideologies in Historical Perspective
The American Ideological Spectrum: Domestic Policy
Chapter 3 Revised: The American Ideological Spectrum:
Foreign Policy Doctrines from the Cold War to the 21st CenturyAffinities and Contradictions in the American Ideological Spectrum
Part II: Ideology in Presidential Politics
Chapter 5 Revised: Party Systems and Ideological Dynamics
New material: Ideological Majorities, Presidential Initiatives, and Policy Change
New material: The Historic Shift in the Regional Bases of American Political Parties
Part III: Presidential Ideologies and Public Policy
New Material: From Manifest Destiny to Global Co-Hegemony
Chapter 6 Revised: The Triumph of the Activist State
Chapter 7 Revised: The Triumph of the National Security State
Chapter 8 Revised: The Crisis of the National Security State
Chapter 9 Revised: Ideological Polarization and the Crisis of the Activist State
Part IV: Ideology in the Reagan-Bush Years
Chapter 10 Revised: The Reagan Restoration
Chapter 11 Revised: From Reagan to George H. Bush: The Pull of the Political Center
in the 21st Century (Bush Watch Front Page)
Links for Studying the Bush Presidency
Appendices
Links for Studying the Presidency
The Original EditionINTRODUCTION to Original Edition
PART I: PRESIDENTIAL IDEOLOGIES
Chapter 1: The President as Ideological Leader
Chapter 2: The American Ideological Spectrum
Chapter 3: Change, Continuity, and Contradiction in the American Ideological Spectrum
PART II: IDEOLOGY IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
Chapter 4: The Ideological Crosspressures on Presidential Administrations and Candidates
Chapter 5: Presidential Ideologies and the Party System
PART III: PRESIDENTIAL IDEOLOGIES AND PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 6: The Triumph of the Activist State
Chapter 7: The Triumph of the National Security State
Chapter 8: The Decline of U.S. Power and the Crisis of the National Security State
Chapter 9: Ideological Polarization and the Crisis of the Activist State
PART IV: IDEOLOGY IN THE REAGAN-BUSH YEARS
Chapter 10: The Reagan Restoration
Chapter 11 : From Reagan to Bush: The Pull of the Political Center
Chapter 12: The Chronic Fiscal Crisis
Chapter 13: A Brave New World
PART V: THE PRESIDENCY AND THE AMERICAN FUTURE
Chapter 14: Presidential Ideologies in the 1990s
Chapter 15: Presidential Ideologies and the Future of America
Note: Each revised chapter includes many images I found posted on the net. For example, the portraits of the presidents on this page came from http://www.cspan.org/ . This is a nonprofit educational site that generates no revenue. If I have used more than one image from a particular website, I have linked the image to the website from which it originated. I have also indicated in my links section in each chapter which websites contributed multiple images to that chapter. If anyone requests that I take down an image I have posted from their site, I will immediately remove it.
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