An American Presidency: Institutional Foundations of Executive Politics – Ebook PDF Version

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0205191304
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0205191307
• Author: William Howell (Author)

An American Presidency: Institutional Foundations of Executive Politics provides a thorough, engaging overview of the most important political office in the world’s most powerful country. In addition to providing detailed coverage of executive politics, author William Howell uses the presidency as a point of departure for broader thinking about political power and democracy. Designed to inform, to enlighten, and to stimulate debate, An American Presidency gives students the knowledge they need to think critically about the American presidency ― and about our political system as a whole.
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Table contents:

1. Constitutional Origins

2. An Institutional Presidency

3. Power and the Institutional Presidency

4. The Nomination of Presidents

5. General Elections

6. Transitions of Governance

7. Negotiating with Congress

8. Unilateral Powers

9. Political Control of the Bureaucracy

10. Presidential Relations with the Federal Judiciary

11. Public Opinion and the Media

12. Domestic Policy

13. Foreign Policy

14. Economic Policy

15. Wartime Policymaking at Home