Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-408) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The vice presidency through history -- Laying the foundation -- The Mondale model: creating the vision -- Implementing the Mondale model -- Why it worked -- The White House vice presidency: Bush to Gore -- The triumph of the vice presidency: Cheney to Biden -- Determinants of vice-presidential role: Bush to Biden and beyond -- The vice-presidential selection process -- Criteria for selection -- Vice-presidential campaigns -- The vice president as successor -- The political future of vice presidents -- The problems with the vice presidency -- Conclusion.
