Presidential Defense
Decisions and Strategies to Preserve the Status Quo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Godwin (Brown University), Erik K Godwin (Brown University, Providence, RI, USA), Nathan A Ilderton (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 715-728 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912914536284 |
| OpenAlex | W2129895711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 44 |
Theories of presidential success find that political disunity reduces the President’s effectiveness by restricting his authority to generate new policies. We maintain that focusing solely on policy change neglects the influence exerted by the President when he defends his policy agenda by preventing unfavorable changes to the status quo. We develop a new theory of presidential success that predicts that certain political environments raise the resource costs to the President of policy change. During these times, the President shifts political resources to defending the status quo. We empirically test our predictions in both legislative and regulatory lawmaking, and find strong support for our theory
Economics · Law and economics · Lawmaking · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Public economics · Status quo · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Public Administration
Power without Persuasion
Setting the Agenda
Veto Bargaining
Bicameralism
Structure and Process, Politics and Policy
Congressional Influence on Bureaucracy
Choosing Strategies to Control the Bureaucracy
Divided we govern
Pivotal Politics
The Last Word
The Importance of Policy Scope to Presidential Success in Congress
Presidential Power and Republican Government
Stalemate
The Presidential Road Show
Recovering a Basic Space From a Set of Issue Scales
Taking the Measure of Congress
The Impact of Presidential Campaigning for Congress on Presidential Support in the U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Response to Mandate Elections
New Evidence Undercutting the Linkage of Approval with Presidential Support and Influence
The Pursuit of Political Control by Multiple Principals
The Marginal and Time-Varying Effect of Public Approval on Presidential Success in Congress
Presidential Approval and Legislative Success
The President's Playbook
Divided government and US federal rulemaking
Presidential Success on the Substance of Legislation
The Power of Decree
The Policy Opportunities in Presidential Honeymoons
Going Public as Political Strategy
Where Does the President Stand? Measuring Presidential Ideology
State-Level Presidential Approval and Senatorial Support
Comparable Preference Estimates across Time and Institutions for the Court, Congress, and Presidency
The Dynamics of Political-Bureaucratic Adaptation
Interest Groups, Advisory Committees, and Congressional Control of the Bureaucracy
The Legislative Impact of Divided Government
Aligning Tests with Theory
The Dynamics of Legislative Gridlock, 1947-96
The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy
Regulatory Regimes, Agency Actions, and the Conditional Nature of Congressional Influence
The Strategic Configuration, Personal Influence, and Presidential Power in Congress
Limitation Riders and Congressional Influence over Bureaucratic Policy Decisions
Promise and Performance
Control and Feedback in Economic Regulation
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |