Search Results - "George W. Bush administration"

Rethinking the administrative presidency : trust, intellectual capital, and appointee-careerist relations in the George W. Bush administration / by Resh, William G., 1973-

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Lines of attack : conflicts in caricature

Table of Contents: “…"The compliment of suppression": censorship of political caricature in the July Monarchy and the George W. Bush administration /…”

President or king? : evaluating the expansion of executive power from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush

Table of Contents: “…Examining the use of presidential power in the George W. Bush administration -- Part III. The future of presidential power.…”
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Fear, power, and politics : the recipe for war in Iraq after 9/11 by Cardaras, Mary, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The fear factor : how it shaped political decisions and policy -- The George W. Bush administration : the case for war with Iraq -- The United States Congress and Iraq : checks, balance and oversight -- The news media : reporting and the run-up to war -- The Iraq War : reflections, repercussions and resolution.…”
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Inequality, democracy, and the environment by Downey, Liam, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Energy and Military Policy in the George W. Bush Administration -- Environmental Degradation Reconsidered.…”
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US politics and the United Nations : a tale of dysfunctional dynamics by Lyon, Alynna, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…The puzzles and paradoxes of US-UN relations -- Mapping multilateralism -- US politics and the founding of the United Nations -- Drifting apart and the politics of estrangement, 1945-1988 -- The 1990s : "the United Nations has become fashionable again" -- The George W. Bush administration and "stealth multilateralism" -- Obama and the rhetorical return to the UN -- Exceptional Americanism and the essentials of cooperation.…”
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Power without constraint : the post-9/11 presidency and national security by Edelson, Chris

Table of Contents: “…The Constitution and presidential national security power -- Presidential national security power before September 11, 2001 -- The George W. Bush administration and national security power -- The Bush administration and the use of military force -- The Bush administration and surveillance -- The Bush administration and military detention -- The Bush administration and torture -- The Bush administration and secrecy -- The Barack Obama administration and national security power -- The Obama administrations and the use of military force -- The Obama administration and surveillance -- The Obama administration and military detention -- The Obama administration and torture -- The Obama administration and secrecy.…”
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Drone warfare and lawfare in a post-heroic age by Hasian, Marouf Arif, Jr

Table of Contents: “…An argumentation approach to the study of drone warfare and lawfare -- The genealogical origins of heroic anxieties over asymmetrical warfare, aerial bombing, and the "drone syndrome" -- The George W. Bush administration and America's adoption of the drones, 2001-2008 -- Preserving one's honor and one's humanity: mediascapes and Pakistani countervisual critiques of the drone wars -- Humanizing drone pilots, the politics of verticality, and the public legitimation of US drone policies -- The Obama administration's immunization rhetorics, the "dispositional matrix," and the biopolitical expansion of the drone wars -- Futuristic drone fantasies, the responsibility to protect (R2P), and drone proliferation.…”
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That infernal little Cuban republic : the United States and the Cuban Revolution by Schoultz, Lars

Table of Contents: “…Bush administration -- Blessings of liberty : the Clinton administration -- More blessings of liberty : the George W. Bush administration -- Conclusion: Benevolent domination.…”
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Prison area, independence valley : American paradoxes in political life and popular culture by Kroes, Rob

Table of Contents: “…The George W. Bush administration and European anti-Americanism -- The ascent of the falling man : an iconic image of 9/11 -- Cool hand luck : how America played its hand entertaining the world -- Musical America : staging the U.S.A. to the sounds of music -- A spaghetti southern : landscapes of fear in Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained -- Freaks on display : a tale of empathy and ostracism -- American responses to the Holocaust : atrocity photographs as nomadic objects -- Barack Hussein Obama : two portrait sketches -- Obama and the paradox of American global power : dreams of democracy and the imperial imperative -- Taking exception.…”
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When the letter betrays the spirit : voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama by King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy -- A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration -- The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement -- Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.…”
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Nigeria-United States relations, 1960-2016 by Abegunrin, Olayiwola

Table of Contents: “…Bush administrations -- Nigeria-United States relations under the Clinton administration -- Nigeria-United States relations under George W. Bush administration -- Nigeria-U.S. relations and the Obama administration -- Emerging themes in Nigeria-United States relations -- Appendix A: Nigerian envoys to the United States of America, 1959-2015 -- Appendix B: United States envoys to Nigeria, 1960-2016 -- Appendix C: Nigeria tourism destinations by state -- Appendix D: Framework of a bi-national commission -- Appendix E: Letter to the Secretary of State.…”
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INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO PROTECT WOMEN

Table of Contents: “…Funding for UNFPA; The Kemp-Kasten Amendment; Implementation and Court Challenges; Reinterpretation of Kemp-Kasten by the Clinton Administration; George W. Bush Administration and the Kemp-Kasten Amendment.…”
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Image of U.S. presidential administrations : the cases of George W. Bush and Barack Obama

Table of Contents: “…Bush and Barack Obama campaigns and administrations / António Marques Bessa -- The construction of the George W. Bush administration's image : a content analysis of his speeches / Célia Belim -- The image of Barack Obama and his administration in the Spanish press / Pablo Biderbost, Guillermo Boscán, and Gisselle de la Cruz Hermida -- The image of Barack Obama and his administration in the international media : the case of Portuguese media / Célia Belim -- The Bush and Obama administrations as seen by Islamists / Maria do Céu Pinto and Sandra Costa -- American nuclear strategy : the management of international image and public opinion / Adérito Vicente and Susana Cabaço --Presidential speech-making and leadership images in times of crisis : Bush vs. …”
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Drug trade, trafficking and policies

Table of Contents: “…Expansion of Efforts to Reduce Worldwide Demand Expansion of Economic Disincentives for Illicit Drug Trafficking ; MAJOR POLICY INITIATIVES ; Plan Colombia/Andean Counterdrug Initiative ; Afghanistan ; Certification Process ; THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S ANTI-DRUG STRATEGY ; 2006 National Drug Control Strategy ; 2006 Synthetic Drug Strategy ; POSSIBLE ISSUES RELATING TO POLICY AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION ; REFERENCES ; DRUG TRAFFICKING AND NORTH KOREA: ISSUES FOR U.S. …”
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Law and war : international law & American history by Maguire, Peter (Peter H.)

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Hiroshima after Iraq : three studies in art and war by Deutsche, Rosalyn

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Presidential advisers and claims of executive privilege

Table of Contents: “…APPENDIX: PRESIDENTIAL CLAIMS OF EXECUTIVEPRIVILEGE FROM THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATIONTHROUGH THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION1. Kennedy; 2. Johnson; 3. Nixon; 4. …”
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Shock and awe : American exceptionalism and the imperatives of the spectacle in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Spanos, William V.

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Smart power : between diplomacy and war by Whiton, Christian

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