The American vice presidency : from the shadow to the spotlight /

It is quite possible that no elected office has been more historically maligned than the vice presidency of the United States. From the beginning of American politics the office has been the object of ridicule by scholars, pundits, humorists, citizens, and even vice presidents themselves. The percep...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Baumgartner, Jody C., 1958-
Autres auteurs: Crumblin, Thomas F.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
Sujets:
Vice-presidents > United States.
Vice-presidents > United States > Election.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Vice-presidents
Vice-presidents > Election
Vice-présidents > États-Unis.
Vice-présidents > Élection.
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: the Vice Presidency
  • Origins: the Constitutional Convention and pre-Twelfth Amendment Vice Presidents
  • The traditional era: Nineteenth-Century Vice Presidents
  • Setting the stage: transitional-era Vice Presidence
  • The rise of the modern Vice Presidency
  • Vice Presidents in the modern age
  • Al Gore and the Gore-Clinton partnership
  • Dick Cheney: George W. Bush's loyal lieutenant
  • Joe Biden: Barack Obama's handyman
  • Making sense of it all: the future of the Vice Presidency.

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