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The Lost Soul of the American Presidency : The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal /

"The American presidency is not what it once was. Elections have become a popularity contest and the president has become the ostensible mouthpiece of the American people. Stephen F. Knott contends that the presidency of popular consent, or the majoritarian presidency, was not intended by Madis...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Knott, Stephen F. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: The long, declining road
  • The founders presidency : Washington, Hamilton, and an office of sober expectations
  • The presidency of popular consent : Thomas Jefferson and the "Revolution of 1800"
  • Andrew Jackson : "the majority is to govern"
  • Abraham Lincoln and the "mobocratic spirit"
  • Woodrow Wilson : "to be as big a man as he can"
  • FDR and Harry Truman : "give 'em hell"
  • Ike and Jack : a study in contrasting presidencies
  • The road to degradation
  • The apotheosis of the popular presidency : Donald J. Trump
  • The prospects for renewal.