The contemporary American president / / Robert E. DiClerico

• Autore: DiClerico Robert E.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 352.230973
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government Textbooks
• Note generali: First published 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ch. 1. The selection process -- ch. 2. The president and foreign affairs -- ch. 3. The president and congress -- ch. 4. President, public, and press -- ch. 5. The president and the bureaucracy -- ch. 6. Decision making in the White House -- ch. 7. Five cases in presidential decision making -- ch. 8. The presidency and emergency powers -- ch. 9. Personality and the presidency -- ch. 10. Presidential leadership -- ch. 11. The vice presidency.
• Sommario/riassunto: Debuting in its first edition , The Contemporary American Presidentexplores the potential and limitations of presidential influence in times of rising public expectation for the office and the declining ability of presidents to meet it. It focuses on six major areas concerning the presidency - selection, power, accountability, decision making, personality, and leadership - and offers an appreciation of the challenges of the office as the institution attempts to function in an increasingly controversial political environment.
• Titolo autorizzato: The contemporary American president
• ISBN: 1-315-66255-8; 1-317-34345-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154564203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II