Bad for Democracy : How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People /

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Throughout our history, Americans have been simultaneously inspired and seduced by the American presidency and concerned about the misuse of presidential power-from the time of Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR to Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush-as a grave threat to the United States. In Bad for Democracy,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Dana D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Presidents.
Executive power.
Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
Presidents > États-Unis.
Pouvoir executif > États-Unis.
Democracy > United States.
Presidents > United States.
Executive power > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the people v. presidentialism
  • How the president becomes a superhero
  • Voting and the incredibly shrinking citizen
  • Presidential war powers and politics as war
  • Going corporate with the unitary executive
  • Conclusion : reclaiming democratic power for ourselves.

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