附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Campaigning to govern : the Clinton style / Charles O. Jones -- Management in a sandbox : why the Clinton White House failed to cope with gridlock / Colin Campbell -- Trying to govern positively in a negative era : Clinton and the 103rd Congress / Barbara Sinclair -- Clinton's legal policy and the courts : rising from disarray or turning around and around? / David M. O'Brien -- The federal executive under Clinton / Joel D. Aberbach -- The parties, the president, and the 1994 midterm elections / Harold W. Stanley -- The Clinton administration and interest groups / Graham K. Wilson -- Frustration and folly : Bill Clinton and the public presidency / George C. Edwards III -- Domestic policy : the trials of a centrist democrat / Paul J. Quirk and Joseph Hinchliffe -- Clinton's foreign policy at midterm / Larry Berman and Emily O. Goldman -- Leadership style and the Clinton presidency / Bert A. Rockman -- Realignment lives : the 1994 earthquake and its implications / Walter Dean Burnham.
摘要:Colin Campbell and Bert A. Rockman lead a distinguished panel of political observers in analyzing the significant events of the Clinton administration's first two years and defining its catalog of successes and failures. The Clinton Presidency brings together trenchant commentary by these experts in areas including governing, management, and leadership styles; dealing with Congress, the legal system, and the federal executive; the influence of parties, interest groups, and polls; developments in domestic and foreign policy; and the outlook for the future. Recognizing the discrepancy between Clinton's policy ambitions and the constraints of his political environment, the Campbell and Rockman team generally agree that the Clinton White House has failed to meet the high expectations that many people shared upon its inauguration. As the experts provide a complex portrait of the considerable assets and equally weighty liabilities this unique politician has displayed in the early years of his presidency, their separate and occasionally contradictory appraisals do cohere to offer some more significant consensual judgments: the Clinton presidency has suffered most from lack of definition, inconsistency in decision-making processes, and wavering fidelity to the New Democrat identity established in the 1992 campaign; the lack of a strong electoral mandate, resistance by a frequently adversarial Congress, and persistent reminders of Clinton's personal character flaws have thus far thwarted his bright political potential; and the problems Clinton has incurred in managing his political resources may carry deeper implications for the American political system itself, perhaps even suggesting that frustration and divisiveness have become the norm in a climate of domestic policy polarization and global uncertainty.
