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Presidential Power Meets the Art of the Deal

Applying Neustadt to the Trump Presidency

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Authors:
  1. Todd M. Schaefer

    1. Department of Political Science, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA

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  • Provides contemporary, “real-world” relation and linkage to current events/case studies, and data
  • Utilizes a classic work in the field of presidential studies as a theoretical and analytical base
  • Offers a comprehensive yet brief treatment that helps put Trump in context for students, scholars, and other readers

Part of the book series: The Evolving American Presidency (EAP)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Trump’s Presidency; Neustadt’s Model

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Trump Record so Far: Are We Tired of Winning Yet?

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 11-22

  4. Making Sense of the Trump Presidency Through Neustadt’s Presidential Power

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 23-39

  5. Three Cases of Catastrophe

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 41-55

  6. “No Place for Amateurs”: Trump as Decider and Administrator-in-Chief

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 57-77

  7. Surviving at the Top?: Trump’s Buoyancy and Perseverance in Defiance of Neustadt’s Model

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 79-88

  8. Trumping Neustadt?: An Altered Political Environment Helps No. 45

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 89-108

  9. Conclusion: What Trump’s Presidency Teaches Us About Presidential Power (and Presidential Power)

    • Todd M. Schaefer
    Pages 109-119

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 121-141
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About this book

This work attempts to understand the chaotic and enigmatic presidency of Donald Trump through Neustadt’s iconic work on presidential power and bargaining. Neustadt’s model explains much of Trump’s difficulties in office, but not his relative success. It argues he defies expectation due to new political realities such as party polarization, a transformed media, and the administrative presidency.

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“Todd Schaefer has done a splendid job of using Richard Neustadt’s classic Presidential Power as a means of helping us to understand the trials, tribulations and inadequacies of the Donald J. Trump presidency. Schaefer revisits and reformulates core precepts of leadership persuasion and administrative dexterity—in an imaginative analysis of a troubled presidency. An excellent contribution.”

—Thomas E. Cronin, Colorado College, USA, and co-author of The Paradoxes of the American Presidency (2017), and Leadership Matters (2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, USA

    Todd M. Schaefer

About the author

Todd M. Schaefer is Professor of Political Science, Central Washington University, USA. He teaches courses on American politics and political behavior. His research interests and publications are in the areas of political communication, mass media, the presidency and war/terrorism. 

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