Cargando…
Presidential party building : Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush /
Modern presidents are usually depicted as party ""predators"" who neglect their parties, exploit them for personal advantage, or undercut their organizational capacities. Challenging this view, Presidential Party Building demonstrates that every Republican president since Dwight...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
|
| Colección: | Princeton studies in American politics.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Modern presidents are usually depicted as party ""predators"" who neglect their parties, exploit them for personal advantage, or undercut their organizational capacities. Challenging this view, Presidential Party Building demonstrates that every Republican president since Dwight D. Eisenhower worked to build his party into a more durable political organization while every Democratic president refused to do the same. Yet whether they supported their party or stood in its way, each president contributed to the distinctive organizational trajectories taken by the two parties in the modern era. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400831173 1400831172 9786612964428 6612964421 1282964429 9781282964426 |