Myth of the Modern Presidency

Name: Myth of the Modern Presidency
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ISBN: 9780271013176

ISBN-10: 0271013176

ISBN-13: 9780271013176

Edition: N/A

Authors: David K. Nichols

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The Myth of the Modern Presidency is a major contribution to how we ought to think about the American presidency, especially its constitutional roots and historical development. It forcefully challenges the reigning paradigm of the 'modern presidency,' arguing that all the essential elements of the post-FDR presidency were present in the constitutional design of the framers and were exhibited in practice well before the twentieth century. This is a book that presidential and constitutional scholars will be compelled to confront.-Joseph Bessette, Claremont McKenna CollegeThe idea that a radical transformation of the Presidency took place during the FDR administration has become one of the…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 7/20/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The History Of the Modern presidency



The Constitutionalpresidency



Setting Legislative priorities: presidential Leadership and The Budget process



Administrative Responsibility



Foreign-policy Making: Constitutional Restraint And political Necessity



The Theoretical Origins Of The Modern Liberal Executive



The Democratic Executive And the Maintenance Of Limited Government


Index