02582nam 2200577Ia 450 991078284420332120230721005347.00-8166-6660-1(CKB)1000000000723060(EBL)433192(OCoLC)318223327(SSID)ssj0000108492(PQKBManifestationID)11138312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108492(PQKBWorkID)10035896(PQKB)11360429(MiAaPQ)EBC433192(MdBmJHUP)muse38811(Au-PeEL)EBL433192(CaPaEBR)ebr10277723(CaONFJC)MIL525762(EXLCZ)99100000000072306020080530d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBad for democracy[electronic resource] how the Presidency undermines the power of the people /Dana D. NelsonMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20081 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-5677-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index.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.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, Dana D. Nelson goes beyond blaming particular presidents for jeopardizing the delicate balance of the Constitution to argue that it is the office of the presidency itself that endangers the great American experiment. The emotional impulse to see the president as a hero, Nelson contends, has ceded oDemocracyUnited StatesExecutive powerUnited StatesPresidentsUnited StatesDemocracyExecutive powerPresidents320.973Nelson Dana D173416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782844203321Bad for democracy3792306UNINA