Thinking About the Presidency : : The Primacy of Power / / William G. Howell.
All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power--acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have other concerns, such as shaping policy or building a legacy, the primacy of power considerations--exacerbated by expectations of the presidenc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | With a New preface by the author |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. On Being President
- Chapter 2. Bearing Witness
- Chapter 3. Constitutional Foundations
- Chapter 4. Contrasting Conceptions of Executive Leadership
- Chapter 5. Misguided Entreaties
- Chapter 6. What Failure Looks Like
- Chapter 7. Limits
- Appendix: Article II of the U.S. Constitution
- Notes
- Suggested Readings
- Index