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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817966503321

Autore

Peters Gerhard (Gerhard D.)

Titolo

The presidency A to Z / / Gerhard Peters, John T. Woolley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : CQ Press/SAGE, c2012

ISBN

1-4522-3431-0

0-87289-367-7

1-78268-148-5

1-4522-3430-2

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 715 pages) : illustrations

Collana

CQ Press American government A to Z series

Altri autori (Persone)

WoolleyJohn T <1950-> (John Turner)

Disciplina

973.09/9

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: The presidency A to Z / Gerhard Peters, editor ; John T. Woolley, editor ; Michael Nelson, advisory editor. 4th ed. c2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE PRESIDENCY A TO Z -FRONT COVER; THE PRESIDENCY A TO Z; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND LIST OF TABLES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PREFACE; A; Adams, Abigail; Adams, John; Adams, John Quincy; Agnew, Spiro T.; Agriculture Department; Air Force One; Appointment and Removal Power (Executive Branch); Background; Appointment Process; Constraints; Senate Role; Personnel System; Removal Power; Arthur, Chester A.; Article II; Assassinations and Assaults; Abraham Lincoln; James A. Garfield; William McKinley; John F. Kennedy; Other Assaults; Presidential Security; B; Background of Presidents

Similarities of BackgroundDifferences in Background; Barkley, Alben W.; Bell, John; Biden, Joseph Jr.; Blaine, James G.; Blair House; Breckinridge, John C.; Brownlow Committee; Bryan, William Jennings; Buchanan, James; Buckley v. Valeo; Budget Process; The Process; Background; Budget Reforms; Bureaucracy; Structure of the Bureaucracy; Growth of the Bureaucracy; Presidents and the Bureaucracy; Burr, Aaron; Bush, Barbara; Bush, George H. W.; Bush, George W.; Early Political Career; Presidential Nomination and Campaign; Presidency; Bush, Laura; Bush v. Gore; C; Cabinet; Cabinet's Role; Origins

Nineteenth CenturyModern Cabinets; Cabinet Members; Calhoun, John C.; Camp David; Campaign Debates; Vice-Presidential Debates;



Prenomination Debates; Campaign Financing; Public Money; Money in Primaries; Money in the General Campaign; Campaign Finance Overhaul; Comparative Party Strength; Corporations; Carter, Jimmy; Carter, Rosalynn; Central Intelligence Agency; Cheney, Richard B.; Chief of Staff; Chief of State; Ceremonial Duties; Enhancement of Power; Role in Foreign Policy; Partisan Politics; Burdens of Chief of State; Dangers of Deference; Civil Service; Civil Service Today; Civil War

Road to ConflictLincoln's War Powers; Union Victory; Clay, Henry; Cleveland, Grover; Clinton v. Jones; Clinton, Bill; Political Career; First Term; Reelection and Second Term; Clinton, George; Clinton, Hillary Rodham; Colfax, Schuyler; Commerce Department; Commissions, Presidential; Congress and the Presidency; Legislative Leader; Congressional Caucus (King Caucus); Constitutional Powers and Provisions; Coolidge, Calvin; Counsel to the President; Court-Packing Plan; Courts and the President; Defining the Limits; Nominations to the Court; Crawford, William Harris; Curtis, Charles; D

Daily and Family LifeStaff; The President's Workday; Rest and Recreation; Family and Friends; Dallas, George M.; Davis, Jefferson; Dawes, Charles G.; Death of the President; Debs, Eugene V.; Defense Department; Creation of the Department; Presidential Command; Delegate Selection Reforms; Dewey, Thomas E.; Diplomatic Powers; Distribution of Diplomatic Power; Presidential Dominance of Foreign Policy; Power of Communication; Treaty Power; Recognition Power; Appointing Diplomatic Personnel; Disability Amendment; Doctrines, Presidential; Dole, Robert J.; Douglas, Stephen A.; Dukakis, Michael S.; E

Economic Advisers, Council of

Sommario/riassunto

CQ Press' fifth edition of their encyclopaedic-style resource on the history, powers, and responsibilities of the three branches of U.S. government, congressional and presidential elections, the people involved, and the Constitution.