Böcker av Richard W. Waterman

This book takes a social science approach to address two related questions: (1) what does Donald Trump say on Twitter?

For decades, public expectations of US presidents have become increasingly excessive and unreasonable. Despite much anecdotal evidence, few scholars have attempted to test the expectations gap thesis empirically. This is the first systematic study to prove the existence of the expectations gap and to identify the factors that contribute to the public's disappointment in a given president.

This text provides an analysis of the EPA enforcement of the Clean Water Act and its amendments. The book uses extensive EPA data, including a survey of the EPA and state level environmental officials, to examine enforcement from the perspective of the enforcement personnel.

This book provides an examination of the image-is-everything presidency, analyzing different historical images over time to demonstrate that the American presidency has always been associated with images.

Looks at the way American presidents have crafted their public personas to enhance their political agendas.