Welcome to the Companion Website for Presidential Leadership: Politics and Policy Making, Twelfth Edition, by George C. Edwards III, Kenneth R. Mayer, and Stephen J. Wayne.
Long established as a leading introduction to the American presidency, Presidential Leadership, twelfth edition provides students with a comprehensive survey that addresses the capacity of chief executives to fulfill their tasks, exercise their powers, and utilize their organizational structures to affect the output of government.
The new edition has been substantially updated to integrate the Trump presidency, including both impeachments, and the first year of the Biden presidency. Other examples of the latest coverage include:
The 2020 elections, including the contested aftermath of the presidential election and the January 6 riot
Changes to the presidential nomination process
The most recent Supreme Court nominations
The executive’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
For Students
This open-access Companion Website is designed to reinforce the concepts covered in the text. Students can review and enhance their understanding of each chapter using the self-graded quizzes. Students, access the quizzes here.
For Professors
A test bank of multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions accompanies this text along with a downloadable set of PowerPoints that include visuals and links to video and is suitable for classroom presentation. Instructor ancillaries are password-protected. Please note that you can both register and login by clicking on the “Instructor Resources” link in the sidebar.
