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The Paradoxes of the American Presidency

ISBN: 9780195167092 | 0195167090
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 12/18/2003

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Thomas E. Cronin is President of Whitman College.

What exactly do Americans want from their president? A strong and innovative leader or someone who primarily listens to the will of the people? A programmatic party leader or a pragmatic bipartisan coalition-builder? A president who exercises power forcefully or someone who establishesconsensus before doing anything? The Paradoxes of the American Presidency, 2/e, suggests that Americans want the president to be both a leader and a follower, partisan and bipartisan, ... MORE
Prefacev
Presidential Paradoxes
1(26)
Electing Presidents
27(34)
... MORERating and Understanding Presidents
61(41)
Presidential Power and Leadership
102(24)
Presidents in a Separated System
126(35)
Presidents and Congress
161(31)
Presidents and Political Parties
192(17)
Presidents and the Court
209(42)
Presidents as Chief Executives
251(37)
The American Vice Presidency
288(34)
Presidential Leadership and Constitutional Democracy
322(25)
Notes347(34)
Selected Bibliography381(9)
Timeline of Presidential Elections and Tenure390(2)
Presidential Election Results, 1789--2000392(5)
Index397
Michael A. Genovese is Professor of Political Science, the Loyola Chair of Leadership Studies, and the Director of the Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University.

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