Andrew Reeves, Jon C Rogowski

No Blank Check

The Origins and Consequences of Public Antipathy Towards Presidential Power

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"1. Introduction Joe Biden sought the presidency for most of his professional life. After winning election to the US Senate in 1972, Biden entered the race for the 1988 Democratic Party nomination but withdrew before the first contest. He didn't last much longer when he sought the 2008 nomination. But 2020 was his year, and what a year it was"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781107174306
• ISBN-10: 1107174309
• Artikelnr.: 63690482

Autorenporträt

Andrew Reeves is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is co-author (with Douglas Kriner) of The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality, which received the 2016 Richard E. Neustadt Award for the best book published in the field of the American presidency.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Watchmen in the Night?
3. How Americans View Presidential Power
4. Support for the Rule of Law and Attitudes toward Power
5. Presidential Approval and Attitudes toward Power
6. Public Cost of Unilateral Action
7. Public Assessments of Presidential Power from the Past
8. Attitudes toward Executive Power in a Comparative Context
9. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.