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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781379203321

Autore

Korzi Michael J. <1969->

Titolo

Presidential term limits in American history [[electronic resource] ] : power, principles, and politics / / Michael J. Korzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-60344-280-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership

Disciplina

352.23/267

Soggetti

Presidents - Term of office - United States - History

Executive power - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Executive tenure in early America -- "Sound precedent": the development of the two-term tradition -- The tradition falls: Roosevelt's third term -- The troubling case of FDR's fourth term -- Tradition resurgent: the Twenty-second Amendment -- Ambition, democracy, and constitutional balance.