Summer
2015: POLI 308: Bill Newmann
Review
Sheet 1
This looks big, but don't worry. If you have come to class and done all the
reading, nothing here should be new to you.
Also,
though there are a lot of terms, obviously, not each one of them is the subject
of an essay. These terms, in order, are an outline of everything we've done so
far. A group of them might be the subject of an essay. Usually, you can't
explain a single term without referring to the terms next to it. So, really, if
you can say one or two things about each term and how it relates to the terms
around it and fits into the larger issues and concepts related to terrorism,
you're doing fine. Some terms, however, are filled with enough significance to
be short answers/identifications on the test (four or five sentences), but
you'll be able to figure out which ones.
Terms with (*) in front of them may not have
been included in the lectures, but were discussed, at length, in the readings.
Please, any questions, come to office hours or
send me an email.
The
exam will consist of two parts:
Part
One:
(40 points): short answer/identifications: You can choose two of
nine: Each worth 20 points.
Part
Two:
(60 points): Essay: Choose one of two.
List
of Terms: (Those terms preceded by an (*) are found primarily in
the readings)
Skowronek’s Theory
Political and economic orders or regimes
The political context of those regimes/orders
A cycle of regimes that rise and fall
Regimes are dominated by the president
*Politics of reconstruction
Politics of disjunction
*Hoover and the politics of disjunction
*FDR and the politics of reconstruction
*LBJ as an Articulation President
Introduction
to the Presidency
Methods
of studying the presidency:
Three
Key Issues
States, Congress, Presidency,
Courts, Parties, People, Bureaucracy, Media
Cycles of power -- strong and
weak presidents
Constitution
and Early Presidencies
Articles
of Confederation and Executive Power?
Framers
nervousness about Executive Power
Problems
of Legislative dominance and lack of unifying structures for colonies
1787
Continental Congress
Federalists
vs. Anti-Federalists
Views
of Executive Power:
*expansive
presidential power: anything that is not specifically someone else’s power is
the presidents
Constitution
with Executive ratified; Bill of Rights in the deal
Comparison
of powers of Congress in Article I vs. Article II
Electoral
college
12th
amendment and 1800 election
Electoral
vote vs. popular vote problems
Separation
of Powers or Shared Powers?
Pre-Modern and Modern Presidency thesis and
criticism
*Modern presidency as “imperial presidency”
*how presidents nearly always accumulate power
Models of Presidential Government
Election of 1824 and
1828
Jackson’s
rhetoric
elites vs.
the people
The
president and the people in Jackson’s view
Vetoes
Jackson's
Theory of the Presidency -- Political competition for power
*Jackson
and the politics of reconstruction (Skowronek)
Abraham
Lincoln:
Presidential
Dominance under Lincoln
Lincoln,
Slavery, and maintaining the Union
Lincoln
as a master politician
Lincoln
and the politics of reconstruction (Skowronek)
Post-Lincoln
-- Pre-T. Roosevelt
Era of
Congressional Dominance
Theodore
Roosevelt:
Stewardship
Theory
Bully
Pulpit
TR and
the politics of reconstruction (Skowronek)
FDR:
The
Modern Presidency:
1789-1933:
First Republic of US?
1933-Present:
Second Republic of US?
FDR
and the New Deal: A new philosophy of Government
*Hoover and the politics of disjunction
*FDR and the politics of reconstruction
*The Depression
*Hoover's
ideas about Depression and his solutions
*FDR's
ideas on the Depression
FDR
rhetoric
Election
of 1932
Theories
of the Governmental Role in the Economy:
1.
Classical Liberalism
2.
Modern Liberalism
FDR's
New Deal:
1.
Government Role in the Economy:
·
*patronage
1.
Government creating jobs (some of the programs)
·
*regulatory policy
1.
*NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act and
National Recovery Administration)
·
*redistributive policy
1.
*Social security
2.
President's Role:
*Legislator-in-Chief
3.
Enlargement of Federal Government
White House Office
Executive Office of the President
"Presidential Branch"
4.
Precedents and Expectations
100 Days
Federal Government as Provider of
Services
5.
Electoral realignment
The New Deal Coalition
*FDR's
leadership and bringing hope to the US people
*FDR's
Character and Life
*Criticism
of New Deal
*critics accusing New Deal of being
socialism
Harry
Truman and Agenda Setting:
Truman Doctrine: Setting the
post-war foreign policy agenda
Creating a consensus: Truman
Doctrine speech
His success
22nd Amendment
Candidate-centered politics in presidential
elections
Eisenhower
anted by both Democrats and Republicans for 1952
Eisenhower
as the Father of Presidential Management:
Eisenhower's
Legacy: Managing the Federal Government
Organizations
are:
Can
you get the Federal Government to operate in a unified manner?
Eisenhower's
answer:
Ike's
management of the presidency:
1.
Delegation
President's role
Cabinet Secretaries role
2.
Interagency process--institutionalizing coordination
3.
Staff System
Sherman Adams' role