The Myth Of The Modern Presidency

Author : David K. Nichols
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271039752
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Modern Presidency written by David K. Nichols and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that a radical transformation of the Presidency took place during the FDR administration has become one of the most widely accepted tenets of contemporary scholarship. According to this view, the Constitutional Presidency was a product of the Founders' fear of arbitrary power. Only with the development of a popular extra-Constitutional Presidency did the powerful "modern Presidency" emerge. David K. Nichols argues to the contrary that the "modern Presidency" was not created by FDR. What happened during FDR's administration was a transformation in the size and scope of the national government, rather than a transformation of the Presidency in its relations to the Constitution or the other branches of government. Nichols demonstrates that the essential elements of the modern Presidency have been found throughout our history, although often less obvious in an era where the functions of the national government as a whole were restricted. Claiming that we have failed to fully appreciate the character of the Constitutional Presidency, Nichols shows that the potential for the modern Presidency was created in the Constitution itself. He analyzes three essential aspects of the modern Presidency--the President's role in the budgetary process, the President's role as chief executive, and the War Powers Act--that are logical outgrowths of the decisions made at the Constitutional Convention. Nichols concludes that it is the authors of the American Constitution, not the English or European philosophers, who provide the most satisfactory reconciliation of executive power and limited popular government. It is the authors of the Constitution who created the modern Presidency.

Author : Louis Liebovich
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Press and the Modern Presidency written by Louis Liebovich and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive examination of press-presidential relations in the era since 1960.

Author : B. Dan Wood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521116589
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Presidential Representation written by B. Dan Wood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Myth of Presidential Representation evaluates the nature of American presidential representation, questioning the commonly held belief that presidents represent the community at large.

Author : Dino P. Christenson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022670453X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Imperial Presidency written by Dino P. Christenson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout American history, presidents have shown a startling power to act independently of Congress and the courts. On their own initiative, presidents have taken the country to war, abolished slavery, shielded undocumented immigrants from deportation, declared a national emergency at the border, and more, leading many to decry the rise of an imperial presidency. But given the steep barriers that usually prevent Congress and the courts from formally checking unilateral power, what stops presidents from going it alone even more aggressively? The answer, Dino P. Christenson and Douglas L. Kriner argue, lies in the power of public opinion. With robust empirical data and compelling case studies, the authors reveal the extent to which domestic public opinion limits executive might. Presidents are emboldened to pursue their own agendas when they enjoy strong public support, and constrained when they don’t, since unilateral action risks inciting political pushback, jeopardizing future initiatives, and further eroding their political capital. Although few Americans instinctively recoil against unilateralism, Congress and the courts can sway the public’s view via their criticism of unilateral policies. Thus, other branches can still check the executive branch through political means. As long as presidents are concerned with public opinion, Christenson and Kriner contend that fears of an imperial presidency are overblown.

Author : B. Dan Wood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139477323
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Presidential Representation written by B. Dan Wood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Myth of Presidential Representation evaluates the nature of American presidential representation, examining the strongly embedded belief – held by the country's founders, as well as current American political culture and social science theory – that presidents should represent the community at large. Citizens expect presidents to reflect prevailing public sentiment and compromise in the national interest. Social scientists express these same ideas through theoretical models depicting presidential behavior as driven by centrism and issue stances adhering to the median voter. Yet partisanship seems to be a dominant theme of modern American politics. Do American presidents adhere to a centrist model of representation as envisioned by the founders? Or, do presidents typically attempt to lead the public toward their own more partisan positions? If so, how successful are they? What are the consequences of centrist versus partisan presidential representation? The Myth of Presidential Representation addresses these questions both theoretically and empirically.

Author : Robert Wilson
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1891620436
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power And The Presidency written by Robert Wilson and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 1999 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographers, historians, and journalists explore how selected US presidents of the 20th century have commanded, wielded, and sometimes dissipated the influence of the office. They look at the executive careers of Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and William Clinton. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modern Presidency written by and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louis W. Liebovich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313001022
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Press and the Modern Presidency written by Louis W. Liebovich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-06-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandal and sex sell, even in the serious business of presidential news coverage. The media deference shown to Kennedy and the scrutiny applied to Clinton illustrate the changed relation between the two, and bookend this pertinent, updated 1998 Choice Outstanding Academic Book award-winner. Liebovich tackles misconceptions about the media's role in politics; how chief executives cooperate with and manipulate the press as it suits their needs; and how ratings pressures have bent coverage of elections and the Executive Branch for the worse. Well-written, thorough, and the only book to explore the changing relation between the press and the presidency in the later twentieth century, students and researchers alike will profit from reading this work written by one of America's leading scholars in the field. For students interested in communications, history, or contemporary American politics, it is an unparalleled administration-by-administration introduction to the complex and intertwined workings of two of the most powerful and influential forces at work in American politics today. It furthermore provides researchers with a solid historical explanation of how both presidential politics and political news coverage have come to be popularly reviled and discounted.

Author : Will Bunch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416597638
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tear Down This Myth written by Will Bunch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges popular conceptions about the 40th president's administration and legacy, arguing that subsequent presidents and conservative policymakers have exploited the country's misunderstandings of Reagan's achievements to promote risky agendas. Reprint.

Author : Richard E. Neustadt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0029227968
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents written by Richard E. Neustadt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised edition of Presidential power, 1980, which was originally published by Wiley in 1960. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR