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Informal Resources and Constraints. Freewrite What formal resources (Congress, Courts, parties, bureaucracy, staff, media, public opinion) give a president.

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1 Informal Resources and Constraints

2 Freewrite What formal resources (Congress, Courts, parties, bureaucracy, staff, media, public opinion) give a president the greatest advantage? What institution provides the greatest constraints on presidential power? What are some informal (non-institutional) resources that may help a president? What are some informal constraints on presidential power?

3 Informal resources & constraints Skills: –Persuasion –Hidden hand leadership Personality Ambition Changes in the dominant political rhetoric

4 Richard Neustadt The constitutional presidency is a clerkship Presidential power is the power to persuade Build professional reputation and public prestige in order to bargain

5 Two resources Professional reputation Public prestige

6 The Hidden Hand Leader

7 6 strategies Hidden hand leadership Instrumental Use of Language Do not engage in personalities Base action on personality analysis Delegation Selectively practiced Build public support

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