Contents Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Preface 1. Studying the Presidency The Policy Approach The President's Policy Proposals Levels of Analysis The Presidency in Perspective President as Politician President as Power Seeker President as Policy Maker Definitions Outline of Presentation 2. Policy Typologies and Policy Theory Utilizing Policy Frameworks The Arenas of Power Critiques Refining the Arenas The Arenas and the Presidency Hypotheses The Four Presidencies Summary 3. Distributive and Constituent Policies: Political Stability Distributive Cases Presidential Distribution Constituent Cases Constituent Patterns 4. Regulation and Redistribution: Political Conflict Regulatory Cases Regulatory Patterns Redistributive Cases Redistributive Patterns Summary 5. President and Congress: The Policy Connection The President and Congress Past Empirical Studies Presidential Boxscores Data by Administrations Electoral Cycles Resubmission of Bills 6. Policy Patterns and Congressional Floor Activity Selecting the Bills The Committee and the Floor Differences between the House and the Senate Floor Activity Partisan Support Substantive Analysis Summary 7. The Four Presidencies and the Policy Environment Presidential Interactions and Policy Types Applications to Existing Analysis of the Presidency Of Presidents and Policies Extending the Analysis Concluding Thoughts Appendix Notes Bibliography Index.