The Presidency Reappraised
Author : Thomas E. Cronin
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Thomas E. Cronin
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Skowronek
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0700629432
In this expanded third edition, renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek, addresses Donald J. Trump’s presidency. Skowronek’s insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His “political time” thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon with the work of their predecessors, situate their power within recent political events, and assert their authority in the service of change. A classic widely used in courses on the presidency, Skowronek’s book has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the leadership patterns from the more distant past. Drawing out parallels in the politics of leadership between Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt and between James Polk and John Kennedy, it develops a new and revealing perspective on the presidential leadership of Clinton, Bush, Obama, and now Trump. In this third edition Skowronek carefully examines the impact of recent developments in government and politics on traditional leadership postures and their enactment, given the current divided state of the American polity, the impact of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, of a more disciplined and homogeneous Republican party, of conservative advocacy of the “unitary theory” of the executive, and of progressive disillusionment with the presidency as an institution. A provocative review of presidential history, Skowronek’s book brims with fresh insights and opens a window on the institution of the executive office and the workings of the American political system as a whole. Intellectually satisfying for scholars, it also provides an accessible volume for students and general readers interested in the American presidency.
Author : Stephen Skowronek
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
"Renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek's insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His seminal works have identified broad historical patterns in American politics and explained the dynamics at work behind them. His "political time" thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon with the work of their predecessors, situate their power within recent political events, and assert their authority to change things. In this new book, Skowronek revisits his political time thesis and focuses on how it helps us make sense of the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The essays--some of which predate his book The Politics Presidents Make, some of which followed it, and one of which is wholly original to this volume--make his arguments about the politics of leadership generally accessible while also drawing them forward and highlighting new issues for our times. Skowronek explains the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them. This allows him to draw out parallels in the politics of leadership between Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt and between James Polk and John Kennedy--and to develop a new and revealing perspective on the leadership of George W. Bush. All along the way, Skowronek considers contemporary innovations in the American political system that bear on the leadership patterns he draws from the more distant past. The impact of the 24-hour news cycle, of a more disciplined and homogeneous Republican party, of conservative advocacy of the "unitary theory" of the executive, and of progressivedisillusionment with the presidency--all come under fresh scrutiny. A provocative review of presidential history, Skowronek's book brims with fresh insights and opens a window on the institution of the executive office and the workings of the American political system as a whole. Intellectually satisfying for scholars, it also provides an accessible volume for students and general readers interested in the American presidency." -- Publisher.
Author : Thomas E. Cronin
Publisher : Praeger Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Martin L. Fausold
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873952804
These persuasive essays, which are the product of a Conversation in the Discipline held at State University of New York at Geneseo in 1973, offer a definitive reevaluation of the Hoover era in the centennial year of his birth.
Author : Paul Davis
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Presidents
ISBN :
Author : William M. Goldsmith
Publisher :
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Executive power
ISBN :
Author : Vaughn Davis Bornet
Publisher : Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 9780700602421
Presents an assessment of the Johnson administration including the Vietnam issue.
Author : Robert H. Ferrell
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The first book-length assessment of Coolidge's presidency in thirty years draws on the recently opened papers of his White House physician for hitherto unknown personal information. Ferrell (history, Indiana U.) exonerates Coolidge for the failures of his party's foreign policy, but holds him accountable for having had insufficient economic savvy to warn Wall Street against the overspeculation that caused the Depression. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Gail E. S. Yoshitani
Publisher : Foreign Relations and the Pres
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Yoshitani uses three case studies from the Reagan administration’s first term in office Central America and two deployments in Lebanon to analyze how the administration grappled with using military force in pursuit of national interests.