Session 5 (Thursday 8:00-9:30 am)

An imperial president? The executive branch and presidential leadership

Required reading:
Breuning, Marijke. 2007. "How leaders make sense of the world." In Foreign Policy Analysis: A
Comparative Introduction, 53-84. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Hook, Steven W. 2011. “Presidential Power.” In U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power, 102-
135. 3 ed. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.

Further reading:
Hermann, Margaret G. 2003. “Assessing Leadership Style: Trait Analysis.” In The Psychological
Assessment of Political Leaders, edited by Jerrold M. Post, 178-214. Ann Arbor: The University of
Michigan Press.
George, Alexander L., and Juliette L. George. 1998. Presidential Personality & Performance. Boulder,
CO: Westview.
Greenstein, Fred I. 2009. The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama. 3 ed.
Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Hermann, Margaret G. 1980. "Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior Using the Personal
Characteristics of Political Leaders." International Studies Quarterly no. 24 (1):7-46.
Howell, William G. 2005. “Introduction: Unilateral Powers: A Brief Overview.” Presidential Studies
Quarterly 35 (3): 417-439.
Mintz, Alex, and Karl DeRouen Jr. 2010. Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Moe, Terry M., and William G. Howell. 1999. “Unilateral Action and Presidential Power: A
Theory.” Presidential Studies Quarterly no. 29 (4): 850-873.
Nelson, Michael. 2008. "Person and Office: Presidents, the Presidency, and Foreign Policy." In The
Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence, edited by Eugene Wittkopf and James
McCormick, 159-167. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Pfiffner, James P. 2011. "Decision Making in the Obama White House." Presidential Studies Quarterly
no. 41 (2):244–262.
Rosati, Jerel, and James Scott. 2011. "Presidential Power and Leadership." In The Politics of United
States Foreign Policy, 56-94. Cengage Learning.
Stein, Janice Gross. 2008. "Foreign policy decision-making: rational, psychological, and
neurological models." In Foreign Policy Theories, Actors, Cases, edited by Steve Smith et al. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.