Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.
Presidential leadership and policy construction -- Presidential rhetoric as policy leadership -- A presidential history of the war on drugs -- The words of war : political rhetoric and the war on drugs -- Presidential policy leadership and federal enforcement : the Drug Enforcement Administration -- For the people : the U.S. attorneys and executive signals on prosecutorial priorities -- Taking it to the states : the boundaries of presidential influence and state drug enforcement -- The social construction of presidential agenda setting