The President as Statesman : Woodrow Wilson and the Constitution / / Daniel D. Stid.
A political scientist who went on to become president, Woodrow Wilson envisioned responsible government, in which a strong leader and principled party would integrate the separate executive and legislative powers - but this ideal was constantly challenged by political reality. Daniel Stid explores W...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Lawrence, Kan. : : University Press of Kansas,, 1998. ©1998. |
| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American political thought
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource xi, 231 pages.) |
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Toward "power and strict accountability for its use"
- ch. 2. Political development, interpretive leadership, and the presidency
- ch. 3. Constitutional government and presidential power
- ch. 4. Progressivism and politics in New Jersey and the nation
- ch. 5. Wilson's program and the new freedom
- ch. 6. Toward party reform and realignment
- ch. 7. Diplomacy, war, and executive power
- ch. 8. Party and national leadership in World War I
- ch. 9. Wilson, Lodge, and the treaty controversy.