Debating the Presidency Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive

Michael Nelson teaches courses on U.S. politics, presidency, and the Constitutional Convention at Rhodes College. In addition, he participates in the college's humanities course: The Search for Values in the Light of Western History and Religion. Before coming to Rhodes in 1991, he taught at Vanderbilt University for thirteen years and was the editor of The Washington Monthly. His most recent books are The Presidency and the Political System, 8th ed. (2006), The Elections of 2004 (2005), The Evolving Presidency, 2nd ed. (2004), The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-2002, 4th ed. (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2003), Governing Gambling: Politics and Policy in State, Tribe, and Nation (with John Lyman Mason and Richard C. Leone, 2001), and Celebrating the Humanities: A Half Century of the Search Course at Rhodes College (1996).Ellis, Richard J. is the author of 'Debating the Presidency Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive', published 2006 under ISBN 9781568029146 and ISBN 1568029144.