Political Science · Boston College
This course analyzes the contemporary presidency with special attention to its constitutional underpinnings and its political evolution. It traces the critical changes and continuities in presidential politics, institutional development, court rulings and statesmanship that have taken place over time. Its focus is presidential leadership and therefore it dwells on the most significant occasions during which great presidential leadership has been exercised and on the men who exercised it. We will pay close attention to current developments.
