The American presidency : origins and development, 1776-2018 /: origins and development, 1776-2018. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sidney M. Milkis, Michael C. Nelson.
• Authors: Milkis, Sidney M; Nelson, Michael, 1949-
• Contents: Preface; Chapter 1 The Constitutional Convention; Antecedents; The Constitutional Convention; Chapter 2 Creating the Presidency; The Making of the Presidency: An Overview; Number of the Executive; Selection and Succession; Term of Office; Removal; Institutional Separation from Congress; Enumerated Powers; The Vice Presidency; Ratifying the Constitution; Chapter 3 Bringing the Constitutional Presidency to Life: George Washington and John Adams; The Election of George Washington; Making the Presidency Safe for Democracy; Forming the Executive and Judicial Branches; Presidential “Supremacy” and the Conduct of the Executive Branch; Presidential Nonpartisanship and the Beginning of Party Conflict; Washington’s Retirement and the Jay Treaty: The Constitutional Crisis of 1796; The 1796 Election; The Embattled Presidency of John Adams; The Alien and Sedition Acts; Chapter 4 The Triumph of Jeffersonianism; The “Revolution” of 1800; Jefferson’s War with the Judiciary; The Democratic-Republican Program and the Adjustment to Power; The Limits of “Popular” Leadership; The Twelfth Amendment; Jefferson’s Mixed Legacy; The Presidency of James Madison and the Rise of the House of Representatives; The Presidency of James Monroe; Chapter 5 The Age of Jackson; Jacksonian Democracy; The Rise of the Party Convention; Jackson’s Struggle with Congress; The Aftermath of the Bank Veto; The Decline of the Cabinet; The Limits of the Jacksonian Presidency; Martin Van Buren and the Panic of 1837; The Jacksonian Presidency Sustained; John Tyler and the Problem of Presidential Succession; The Presidency of James K. Polk; The Slavery Controversy and the Twilight of the Jacksonian Presidency; Chapter 6 The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln and the Slavery Controversy; The Election of 1860; Lincoln and Secession; Lincoln’s Wartime Measures; The Emancipation Proclamation; The Election of 1864; Lincoln’s Legacy; Chapter 7 The Reaction against Presidential Power: Andrew Johnson to William McKinley; Reconstruction and the Assault on Executive Authority; The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson; Ulysses S. Grant and the Abdication of Executive Power; The Fight to Restore Presidential Power; Congressional Government and the Prelude to a More Active Presidency; Chapter 8 Progressive Politics and Executive Power: The Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson; Theodore Roosevelt and the Expansion of Executive Power; The Troubled Presidency of William Howard Taft; Progressive Politics and the Elections of 1912; Woodrow Wilson’s Theory of Executive Leadership; Wilson and Party Reform; The Art of Popular Leadership; Wilson’s Relations with Congress; Wilson as World Leader; Chapter 9 The Triumph of Conservative Republicanism; The Harding Era; The “Silent” Politics of Calvin Coolidge; Herbert C. Hoover and the Great Depression; The Twentieth Amendment; Chapter 10 The Consolidation of the Modern Presidency: Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency; The Modern Presidency Sustained: Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower; Chapter 11 Personalizing the Presidency: John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter; John F. Kennedy and the Rise of the “Personal Presidency”; Lyndon B. Johnson and Presidential Government; The Twenty-Fifth Amendment; The Presidency of Richard Nixon; Gerald R. Ford and the Post-Watergate Era; A President Named Jimmy; Chapter 12 A Restoration of Presidential Power? Ronald Reagan and George Bush; The Reagan Revolution; A Reagan Court?; The Bush Presidency; Chapter 13 Bill Clinton and the Modern Presidency; The Election of 1992; The First Year of the Clinton Presidency; The 1994 Elections and the Restoration of Divided Government; The Comeback President; Balanced Budgets, Impeachment Politics, and the Limits of the Third Way; Chapter 14 George W. Bush and Unilateral Presidential Power; The 2000 Election; Bush v. Gore; The Early Months of the Bush Presidency; September 11 and the War on Terrorism; An Expanded Presidency; Bush and the Republican Party; Courts and Parties; Partisanship and Unilateralism at the Twilight of the Bush Presidency; Chapter 15 Barack Obama and Presidential Leadership in Polarized Times; The 2008 Elections; The New Foundation and Partisan Rancor; We Can’t Wait: Obama and the Administrative Presidency; Obama’s Reelection and the Perils of Partisanship; Obama, Partisanship, and the War on Terrorism; Barack Obama’s Fragile Legacy; Chapter 16 The Trump Presidency and Resilience of Constitutional Government; Taking Office; Forming the Administration; Trump’s Administrative Presidency; The Courts; Trump and Congress; The Rhetorical Presidency; Foreign Policy; Conclusion; Chapter 17 The Vice Presidency; The Founding Period; The Vice Presidency in the Nineteenth Century; Theodore Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman; The Modern Vice Presidency; Conclusion; Appendix; Constitution of the United States; U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents; Summary of Presidential Elections, 1789–2016; Index;
• Edition: Eighth edition
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 352.230973; Presidents -- United States -- History; United States -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544323138
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