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The article analyzes the U.S. presidential and congressional relations. It was found that skilful presidential legislative liaison serves as a prerequisite for winning with the Congress. The president's communication with the congressional leaders and sensitivity to the importance of political timing can help him succeed with Congress. The author stresses that this legislative body and the president are connected in a constitutional relations that consists mainly of checks and balances.

The article presents an account of the book "Chief of Staff: Twenty-Five Years of Managing the Presidency," edited by Samuel Kernell and Samuel L. Popkin. This book comprises an edited transcript of a symposium, held in mid-January 1986 at the University of California, San Diego, California, in which eight senior presidential assistants from the six administrations between U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and James Earl Carter discussed the management of the White House, Washington D.C.

The article presents an account of the book "Presidential Transitions From Eisenhower Through Reagan," by Carl M. Brauer. The book examines the much-neglected but important area of presidential transitions. It studies how the newly elected U.S. Presidents since 1952 dealt with their transitions from the campaign trail to governing the United States.

Presents the book "The Breakdown of Democratic Party Organisation, 1940-1980," by Alan Ware.