The Power of the Pressidency: Concepts and ControversyRobert S. Hirschfield The American presidency is the most powerful political office in the world. But this impressive statement serves only to raise a whole series of fundamental questions: What is the scope of presidential powers and what are its limits? Can the president use all the authority of his office or is that authority more formal than effective? Does the presidency have sufficient power to meet today's needs or do the problems of the modern age demand a more powerful executive? Is there a danger of dictatorship in the growth of political authority or will the presidency remain an office of constitutional democratic leadership? This book explores such questions by presenting a wide range of views on presidential power from a variety of sources: original supporters and opponents of the office; presidents themselves; Supreme Court decisions; and professional students of the presidency. |
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... institution shaped by Franklin Roosevelt to one that must contend with difficult new political environments , both domestically and globally . In any event the present result of all that has happened to and around the Presidency since ...
... Continuity in the Modern Presidency 451 Today's presidency is an institution in search of new role defini- tions . Presidents of the United States Bibliography Index 482 483 496 THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY INTRODUCTION The Scope and Limits.
... institutions . PRESIDENTIAL POWER AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM The American political system is also adaptable and amorphous . Operating simultaneously at two levels - national and local — it is exceedingly complex , allowing for the ...
... institutions—Congress, interest groups, the media, economic enterprises, state and local governments—that have countervailing power. Leadership of a political system as complicated as ours is difficult to establish. And since the late ...
... institution . The office is truly a mirror of our national life , reflecting accurately the events that have made our history , the men we have chosen , for better or worse , to deal with those events , and our own willingness to ...
Contents
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Message to Congress on Wartime | 111 |
Some Thoughts on the Presidency | 120 |
From The Ordeal of Power | 126 |
MidTerm Television Conversation | 136 |
Comments on the Presidency | 149 |
The Presidential Character | 367 |
The Limits of Presidential Power | 387 |
The Presidency and Its Paradoxes | 416 |
The Presidency in the 1980s | 433 |
A major factor in the Presidencys historic success is its | 449 |
Presidents of the United States | 482 |
Index | 496 |
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