The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction
The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN 13:
9780190458201
- ISBN 10:
0190458208
- Edition: 2nd
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 07/01/2016
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
This updated edition of The American Presidency reviews crucial themes, including democratization of presidential elections, transitioning into and organizing a presidency, challenges in leading the permanent government, making law and policy, and reforming and changing the institution. It also introduces new case studies from the Obama administration, providing compelling insights into contemporary critical issues such as military power, the role of the First Lady, and the new trends in electoral campaigning-including the stunning advances in mass media and campaign technology.
Jones lucidly shows that American presidents are not, and simply cannot be, as powerful as most Americans believe them to be. Accordingly, he stresses the necessity to acknowledge the president's political status and style within the constitutional structure: the president is not the presidency, and the presidency is not the government.