The American Presidency : : An Institutional Approach to Executive Politics / / William G. Howell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Howell, William G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (664 p.) :; 81 b/w illus. 7 tables.

How institutions shape the American presidencyThis incisive undergraduate textbook emphasizes the institutional sources of presidential power and executive governance, enabling students to think more clearly and systematically about the American presidency at a time when media coverage of the White House is awash in anecdotes and personalities. William Howell offers unparalleled perspective on the world’s most powerful office, from its original design in the Constitution to its historical growth over time; its elections and transitions to governance; its interactions with Congress, the courts, and the federal bureaucracy; and its persistent efforts to shape public policy. Comprehensive in scope and rooted in the latest scholarship, The American Presidency is the perfect guide for studying the presidency at a time of acute partisan polarization and popular anxiety about the health and well-being of the republic.Focuses on the institutional structures that presidents must navigate, the incentives and opportunities that drive them, and the constraints they routinely confrontShows how legislators, judges, bureaucrats, the media, and the broader public shape the contours and limits of presidential powerEncourages students to view the institutional presidency as not just an object of study, but as a way of thinking about executive politicsHighlights the lasting effects of important historical moments on the institutional presidencyEnables students to grapple with enduring themes of power, rules, norms, and organization that undergird democracy

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Brief contents -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Thinking Institutionally about an American Presidency -- Part I Foundations -- 1 Constitutional Origins -- 2 The Ascendance of an Institutional Presidency -- 3 The Modern Institutional Presidency -- 4 Power and the Institutional Presidency -- Part II Selection -- 5 The Nomination of Presidential Candidates -- 6 General Elections -- 7 Transitions of Governance -- Part III Governance -- 8 Relations with Congress -- 9 Unilateral Powers -- 10 Control of the Bureaucracy -- 11 Relations with the Federal Judiciary -- Part IV Media and Public -- 12 Relations with the Media -- 13 Public Opinion -- Part V Policy -- 14 Domestic Policy -- 15 Foreign Policy -- 16 Wartime Policymaking at Home -- Appendix A: Presidents and Congresses, 1789–2016 -- Appendix B: Articles I–III of the Constitution -- Appendix C: Federalist Papers 69–73 -- Glossary -- Index -- A NOTE ON THE TYPE