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The imperiled presidency : leadership challenges in the twenty-first century / G. Calvin Mackenzie

Author
Mackenzie, G. Calvin
Published
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Physical Description
xii, 215 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.What Kind of Presidency? -- The Legacy of Constitutional Ambiguity -- The Emergence of a Modern Presidency -- Contemporary Perspectives on the Presidency -- The Goals of this Book -- 2.Why Presidents Disappoint -- The Federal Colossus -- The President Needs Help -- Superhero -- The Expectations-Reality Gap -- 3.Becoming President -- Getting Elected: The New Politics in America -- The Candidates -- The Non-Candidates -- Consequences -- 4.The Myth of the Bully Pulpit -- Technology and the Emerging Mass Audience -- The Public Presidency -- The Broadcast Age -- The Modern Media Environment -- The White House Responds -- Consequences -- 5.Forces of Resistance -- The Emboldened Congress -- The Ever-looming Midterm Election -- The Influence Vortex -- 6.Foreign Policy: A Special Case? -- The Presidency in a Time of Danger -- Twenty-First Century Realities -- The New Foreign Policy Presidency -- 7.A Presidency for the Twenty-First Century -- Symptoms -- Diagnoses -- Prescriptions -- Cures -- A Presidency for Our Time.
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ISBN
9781442260733 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1442260734 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781442260740 paperback ; alkaline paper
1442260742 paperback ; alkaline paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment; 2016
Endowment Note
Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment
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