Thinking About the Presidency (eBook)

The Primacy of Power

William G. Howell (Autor)

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2015
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6621-2 (ISBN)

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William G. Howell is the Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics at the University of Chicago, where he holds appointments in the Harris School of Public Policy, the Department of Political Science, and the College. His books include While Dangers Gather and Power without Persuasion (both Princeton), as well as The Wartime President. David Milton Brent is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at Yale University.

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How the search for power defines the American presidential officeAll American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power-acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have other concerns, such as shaping policy or building a legacy, the primacy of power considerations-exacerbated by expectations of the presidency and the inadequacy of explicit powers in the Constitution-sets presidents apart from other political actors. Thinking about the Presidency explores presidents' preoccupation with power. Distinguished presidential scholar William Howell looks at the key aspects of executive power-political and constitutional origins, philosophical underpinnings, manifestations in contemporary political life, implications for political reform, and looming influences over the standards to which we hold those individuals elected to America's highest office.Howell shows that an appetite for power may not inform the original motivations of those who seek to become president. Rather, this need is built into the office of the presidency itself-and quickly takes hold of whoever bears the title of Chief Executive. In order to understand the modern presidency, and the degrees to which a president succeeds or fails, the acquisition, protection, and expansion of power in a president's political life must be recognized-in policy tools and legislative strategies, the posture taken before the American public, and the disregard shown to those who would counsel modesty and deference within the White House.Thinking about the Presidency assesses how the search for and defense of presidential powers informs nearly every decision made by the leader of the nation. In a new preface, Howell reflects on presidential power during the presidency of Barack Obama.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.3.2015
• Co-Autor: David Milton Brent
• Vorwort: William G. Howell
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 9/11 Commission • Advice and consent • Adviser • Amendment • americans • Articles of Confederation • Article Two of the United States Constitution • ballot • Bankruptcy • barack obama • Bill Clinton • bipartisanship • Boland Amendment • Bruce Ackerman • bureaucrat • Censure • Citizenship of the United States • Clinton Rossiter • Consideration • Constitution • constitutional law • Criticism • delegate • Deliberation • despotism • domestic policy • Electoral College (United States) • Employment • Executive Agreement • Executive (government) • Executive Order • Federal government of the United States • foreign policy • George W. Bush • Governance • Government • Herbert Hoover • Imperial Presidency • Institution • Iran–Contra affair • Iran Hostage Crisis • Jimmy Carter • John Boehner • John McCain • Judiciary • karl rove • Legislation • Legislator • Legislature • Libertarian Party (United States) • Limited Government • Major party • Member of Congress • Mitt Romney • Monarchy • national security • Niccolò Machiavelli • Nomination • Political Science • Politician • politico • Politics • Precedent • Prerogative • Presidency of Barack Obama • Presidency of George W. Bush • Presidential System • President of the Continental Congress • President of the United States • Princeton University Press • private sector • Provision (contracting) • Public Policy • pundit • ratification • Republican Party (United States) • Richard Neustadt • Ronald Reagan • Seminar • Separation of Powers • Signing statement • skepticism • Slavery • Statute • Statutory Law • Tax • terrorism • The New York Times • The Public Interest • Totalitarianism • Treaty • United States constitution • Veto • Voting • Waiver • war • War Powers Resolution • William Howard Taft • Woodrow Wilson • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6621-9 / 1400866219
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6621-2 / 9781400866212