The Second Term of George W. Bush: Prospects and Perils

Part I. The Setting

1. Are Second Terms Second Best? Why George W. Bush Might (or Might Not) Beat the Expectations
Jeremy Johnson, Douglas Brattebo, Robert Maranto, Tom Lansford

2. Public Opinion, Presidential Campaigns, and Presidential Governance
Roger H. Davidson

Part II. The Institutions

3. The Bush White House Staff in the Second Term: New Structures? New Faces? New Processes?
Bradley H. Patterson

4. Choices for the President: Structuring the Second-Term Cabinet of President George W. Bush
Shirley Anne Warshaw

5. George W. Bush and Congress in the Second Term: New Problems—Same Results?
Andrew Rudalevige

6. Crusade: The Rhetorical Presidency of George Bush
John Robert Greene

Part III. Domestic Policy

7. Judges, Courts, and Policy in President George W. Bush’s Second Term
Amy Steigerwalt, Lori A. Johnson

Part IV. The Policies

8. Domestic Policy in the Second Bush Term: The Un-Hidden Hand Leadership of a Conviction President
Michael A. Genovese

9. Economic Policy: Responsibility but with Limited Authority
Jeffrey E. Cohen

Part V. Foreign and Security Policy

10. Homeland (In) Security
Anne M. Khademian

11. The Best Defense? Iraq and Beyond
Tom Lansford, Jack Covarrubias

12. Problematic Policies Toward the Middle East
Ann M. Lesch

Part VI. Presidential Leadership

13. George W. Bush: A Transformational Leader at Midterm
Stanley A. Renshon

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Politics, Political Science, Democracy