Presidential Power
Forging the Presidency for the 21st Century


Honoring the work of Richard Neustadt and the business of governing.

Sponsors:

  • Columbia University
  • Presidency Research Group
  • The Academy of Political Science
  • The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America
  • The Center for Political Leadership and Participation,
    The University of Maryland at College Park
 

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Friday, November 15, 1996


11:00 amConference Registration
International Affairs Building
11:45 - 12:45Lunch & Welcome
Casa Italiana
12:50 - 1:00Conference Welcome
6th Floor, International Affairs Building
Alice Stetton Room

Lisa Anderson, for Columbia University
Martha Joynt Kumar, for Presidency Research Group
Demetrios (Jim) Caraley, for Academy of Political Science

  
1:00 - 2:45Panel 1 - The Presidency in the Political System

Jeffrey Tulis, University of Texas at Austin
facilitator

Marissa Golden, The University of Pennsylvania.
"The President and the Executive Branch: Lessons From the Reagan Years."
Robert C. Lieberman, Columbia University.
"Political Time Reconsidered: Presidential Power and Policy Coalitions."

Discussants:
Fred I. Greenstein, Princeton University

   
3:00 - 4:45Panel 2 - Presidents as Persuaders

George C. Edwards III, Bush Center for the Study of the Presidency,
Texas A&M University
facilitator

Charles Cameron, Columbia University.
"Presidents, Vetoes, and Bargaining."
Renee Smith, University of Rochester.
"The Timing of Presidential Speeches: Can the President Be an Effective Teacher?"

Discussants:
Bruce Miroff, State University of New York
Terry Sullivan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

   
5:00 - 6:00Students of Richard Neustadt

Richard Pious, Barnard College
moderator

John Kessel, Ohio State University
Martha Joynt Kumar, Towson State University
William Plante, CBS
Stephen Wayne, Georgetown University
James Sterling Young, University of Virginia

   
7:00 - 9:30Dinner
Casa Italiana

Martha Joynt Kumar, Presidency Research Group
Jim Caraley, Academy of Political Science

Reporters and Officials: Press, Presidents, and Elections.
William Plante, CBS
Others, TBA


Saturday, November 16, 1996


   
8:00 - 8:45Breakfast

15th Floor, International Affairs Building

   
8:45 - 10:30Panel 3 - Personalization of Power
15th Floor, International Affairs Building

Lyn Ragsdale, University of Arizona
facilitator

Ken Mayer, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Tom Weko, University of Puget Sound
"The Institutionalization of Power."

Thomas Preston, Washington State University.
"The President and His Inner Circle: Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Policy Making."
Discussants:
Larry Berman, University of California at Davis
Karen Hult, Virginia Polytech Institute

   
10:45 - 12:30Panel 4 - Organizing the Presidency

Bert Rockman, University of Pittsburgh
facilitator

Matt Dickinson, Harvard University.
"Organizing the Presidency."

Michael Link, University of South Carolina.
"The Presidential Kaleidoscope: Advisory Networks in Action."
Discussants:
John P. Burke, University of Vermont
Terry Moe, Stanford University

   
12:30 - 2:30Lunch
15th Floor, International Affairs Building

Introduction of Richard Neustadt
Nelson Polsby, University of California at Berkeley

Comments by Richard Neustadt

   
2:45 - 4:30Panel 5 - The Potential for Leadership

Mark Peterson, University of Pittsburgh
facilitator

Diane Heith, Brown University.
"Presidential Polling and the Transformation of Public Thought."

Russell Riley, The University of Pennsylvania.
"The Limits of the Transformational Presidency."
Discussants:
Betty Glad, University of South Carolina
Theda Skocpol, Harvard University


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List of Participants

Lisa Anderson
Larry Berman
John P. Burke
Charles Cameron
Demetrios Caraley
Matt Dickinson
George Edwards III
Betty Glad
Marissa Golden
Fred Greenstein
Diane Heith
Karen Hult
John Kessel
Martha Joynt Kumar
Robert Lieberman
Michael Link
Ken Mayer
Bruce Miroff
Terry Moe
Richard Neustadt
Mark Peterson
Richard Pious
William Plante
Nelson Polsby
Thomas Preston
Lyn Ragsdale
Russell Riley
Bert Rockman
Theda Skocpol
Renee Smith
Mary Stuckey
Terry Sullivan
Jeffrey Tulis
Stephen Wayne
Tom Weko
James Sterling Young