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Never losing sight of the foundations of the office, bestselling authors Joseph A. Pika, John Anthony Maltese, and Andrew Rudalevige maintain a balance between historical context and contemporary scholarship on the executive branch, providing a solid foundation for any presidency course. This Revised Tenth Edition of The Politics of the Presidency will offer you a thorough analysis of the change and continuity following the November 2020 presidential election and Biden administration.

Joseph A. Pika is the James R. Soles professor emeritus of political science and international

relations at the University of Delaware. He holds a PhD from the University

of Wisconsin and taught previously at SUNY at Buffalo. He is coauthor with Jason D.

Mycoff of Conflict & Compromise: Presidential and Congressional Leadership, 2001-

2006 and coauthor with John Anthony Maltese and H. Phillips Shively of American

Democracy in Context. He served for seven years on the Delaware State Board of

Education, four years as president.