Researching the Presidency: Vital Questions, New Approaches. (book reviews)

Anthologies tend to be of two types. The first type reflects consensus within a field. Scholars have little difficulty agreeing that the topics discussed in the volume are the field's central concerns. The perspectives offered are also understood to be the dominant approaches of the day. The second type marks dissension within a field.

The topics and perspectives of the volume show an area of study at odds with itself. The chapters reveal the central disputes, rather than the central agreements, within the body of research. Edwards, Kessel, and Rockman's edited volume is of this latter ...

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