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THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE ROLE OF RECENT PRESIDENTS IN CIVIL RIGHTS POLICY FORMULATION, FOCUSING ON HOW THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS OF SHAPING CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION.

PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVES TO CONGRESS ARE EXAMINED FOR CHANGES IN POLICY EMPHASIS OVER TIME. THE LOWI TYPOLOGY IS THE MEDIUM FOR THE ANALYSIS REVEALING CONSIDERABLE CHANGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ATTENTION. REGULATORY ISSUES, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE GROWING IN EMPHASIS WHILE REDISTRIBUTIVE ISSUES ARE BECOMING LESS PERVASIVE. THE TYPOLOGY DID DIFFERENTIATE AMONG POLICY ISSUES ACROSS TIME, POLITICAL PARTY, SELECTED YEARS IN OFFICE, AND LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF INITIATIVES. ALTHOUGH SOME RELATIONSHIPS WERE LARGELY AMELIORATED BY TIME, THE TYPOLOGY WAS DEEMED USEFUL FOR EXAMINING PRESIDENTIAL POLICY EMPHASES.