The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to George Bush

viii, [4], 526 pp. 8vo. Stephen Skowronek's wholly innovative study demonstrates that presidents are persistent agents of change, continually disrupting and transforming the political landscape. These leaders are neither great repudiators nor orthodox innovators. They challenge received political categories, mix seemingly antithetical doctrines, and often take their opponents' issues as their own. Extensive notes and index follow text.