LEADER 02616nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910454634403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-6660-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000723060 035 $a(EBL)433192 035 $a(OCoLC)318223327 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108492 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138312 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108492 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10035896 035 $a(PQKB)11360429 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC433192 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38811 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL433192 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10277723 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525762 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000723060 100 $a20080530d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBad for democracy$b[electronic resource] $ehow the Presidency undermines the power of the people /$fDana D. Nelson 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-5677-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aThroughout 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 o 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aExecutive power$zUnited States 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aExecutive power 615 0$aPresidents 676 $a320.973 700 $aNelson$b Dana D$0173416 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454634403321 996 $aBad for democracy$92011614 997 $aUNINA