Governing at Home

"A welcome addition to the literature on domestic policy making. Containing chapters by some of the disciplines best-known scholars, the volume provides depth and analytic range while maintaining overall coherence. . . . These analyses are supported and often amplified by the oral histories, which are readable and informative . . . Scholars of the presidency and of presidential history will find this book compelling and useful. The volume belongs on the shelves of all those interested in domestic politics, domestic policy, and the connections between them."—Journal of American History

"An excellent collaboration of scholars and practitioners that produced a valuable, important, and highly readable work that is certain to impact future presidential administrations as well as the study of policy making. The scholars who participated are among the best in the nation, and the practitioners were candid and forthcoming in their reflections."—Choice

"The editors properly claim that Governing at Home is the only volume that combines theory and practice, which makes it a singular achievement for presidency studies. . . . the overview chapters are excellent and should be the beginning point for those students majoring in presidency studies or newly minted scholars who want to get their arms around this body of research."—Congress & the Presidency

“Well conceived and superbly executed, Governing at Home is a good read and a fine reference that combines the scholarship of those studying domestic policymaking with the recollections of those experiencing it in the White House.”—Charles O. Jones, author of The Presidency in a Separated System

“Nelson and Riley, two of the leading scholars of the American presidency, brilliantly probe the inner-most workings of every White House domestic policy office in Governing at Home. A must-read on how domestic policy is made, how it is sold, and why it succeeds or fails.”—Shirley Anne Warshaw, author of Keys to Power: Managing the Presidency