American Presidency: a Very Short Introduction

Name: American Presidency: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780195307016

ISBN-10: 0195307011

ISBN-13: 9780195307016

Edition: 2007

Authors: Charles O. Jones

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The expansion of executive powers amid the war on terrorism has brought the presidency to the center of heated public debate. Now, in The American Presidency, presidential authority Charles O. Jones provides invaluable background to the current controversy, in a compact, reliable guide to the office of the chief executive. This marvelously concise survey is packed with information about the presidency, some of it quite surprising. We learn, for example, that the Founders adopted the word "president" over "governor" and other alternatives because it suggested a light hand, as in one who presides, rather than rules. Indeed, the Constitutional Convention first agreed to a weak chief executive…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.81" wide x 4.41" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


List of Illustrations


List of Tables



Inventing the Presidency



The Presidency Finds Its Place



Electing Presidents (and Other Ways To Occupy the Oval Office)



Making and Remaking a Presidency



Connecting to and Leading the Government



Presidents at Work: Making Law and Doing Policy



Reform, Change, and Prospects for the Future


Appendix


Index