American Presidency, An: Institutional Foundations of Executive Politics, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (August 4, 2016) © 2017

  • William G. Howell University of Chicago

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American Presidency, An: Institutional Foundations of Executive Politics
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An overview of the American presidency that focuses on institutional context

An American Presidency: Institutional Foundations of Executive Politics provides a thorough overview of the most important political office in the world's most powerful country.

Author William Howell offers detailed coverage of executive politics. In addition, Howell uses the presidency as a point of departure for broader thinking about political power and democracy. Informative and enlightening, the text helps students learn how to think critically about both the American presidency and our political system as a whole.

Introduction: Thinking Institutionally about an American Presidency
1. Constitutional Origins
2. An Institutional Presidency
3. Power and the Institutional Presidency
4. The Nomination of Presidents
5. General Elections
6. Transitions of Governance
7. Negotiating with Congress
8. Unilateral Powers
9. Political Control of the Bureaucracy
10. Presidential Relations with the Federal Judiciary
11. Public Opinion and the Media
12. Domestic Policy
13. Foreign Policy
14. Economic Policy
15. Wartime Policymaking at Home

 

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