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3 The book was, for example, the subject of a special panel at the 1995 American Political Science Convention and in 1995 Polity devoted a lengthy forum to the book, ‘Polity Forum: The Politics Presidents Make’, Volume 27, Spring 1995.

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5 Skowronek, Presidential Leadership in Political Time, p. 19.

6 For a typical example of his approach, see Rose, Richard, The Post‐Modern President: George Bush Meets the World, Chatham, NJ, Chatham House, 1991.Google Scholar

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13 Skowronek, The Politics Presidents Make, p. 429.