Introduction: the presidency in the twenty-first century / Charles W. Dunn
The once and future chief executive / Hugh Heclo
Shall we cast our lot with the constitution? / Stephen Skowronek
Is the constitutional presidency obsolete? / Robert J. Spitzer
The future of the war presidency / William G. Howell
Opportunities and challenges in presidential communications / Brandice Canes-Wrone
The future of bipartisanship as a strategy of presidential governing / George C. Edwards III
Our continuing cult of the presidency / Gene Healy
Plausible futures / Jeffrey K. Tulis.