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Randall E. Adkins, University of Nebraska at Omaha, radkins@unomaha.edu
The Presidency Research Group encourages panels and papers that offer new empirical or theoretical insights into the study of the presidency. We also wish to encourage proposals that address interdisciplinary approaches to the study of executive leadership at the international, regional, state, or local level. The Presidency Research Group is especially interested in timely panel and paper topics such as interpreting the 2008 presidential election, assessing the Bush presidency, or the transition of the new administration to office. We welcome proposals on timeless topics such as: the constitutional and legal foundations of the presidency, the evolution of presidential power, the president's relationship with Congress, management of the executive branch, the president's relationship with the Courts, the president's leadership of the political parties, the president's relationship with the news media, the president's leadership of public opinion, the president's role in domestic and foreign policymaking, and the presidency in comparison to executive leadership of other nations. Special consideration will be given to proposals that choose to integrate the conference themes of change and complexity. |