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Gerhard Peters, John T. Woolley, Michael Nelson, Gerhard D. Peters, John T. Woolley, Michael Nelson - Presidency A to Z, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Presidency A to Z

Av Gerhard Peters, John T. Woolley, Michael Nelson, Gerhard D. Peters, John T. Woolley, Michael Nelson

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The one-stop reference on all aspects of the U.S. presidency, The Presidency A to Z, Fifth Edition is an authoritative and accessible volume providing all the basic information readers need to understand the executive branch. This new and extensively revised fifth edition features important new entries on Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Guantanamo Bay, and War in Afghanistan. It also includes updated entries on Campaign Finance, Iraq War, Presidents′ relationship with Congress, and many more.  More 300 comprehensive, easy-to-read entries offer quick information and in-depth background on how the executive branch has responded to the challenges facing the nation. Readers will find: ·         Biographies of every president and many others important to the office·         Explanations of broader concepts and powers relating to the presidency·         Complete election coverage and analysis·         Discussions of relations with Congress, the Supreme Court, the bureaucracy, political parties, the media, interest groups, and the public·         Exploration of the policies of each president and their impact on U.S. and world history
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-11-27
  • Mått: 190 x 231 x 44 mm
  • Vikt: 1 400 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 736
  • Upplaga: 5
  • Förlag: SAGE Publications Inc
  • ISBN: 9781608719082
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Gerhard Peters is the co-creator, along with John T.Woolley, of The American Presidency Project.Peters is a frequent lecturer on American politics and the presidency at various colleges insouthern California. John T. Woolley is professor of political science and department chair at the University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara. One of the creators of the American Presidency Project,Woolley haswritten extensively on the president’s management of the economy, presidential vetoes, and thestudy of change in the presidency. Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. A former editor of the Washington Monthly, his most recent books include Trump’s First Year (2018); The Elections of 2016 (2018); The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents (2019); The American Presidency: Origins and Development (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2011); and Governing at Home: The White House and Domestic Policymaking (with Russell B. Riley, 2011). Nelson has contributed to numerous journals, including the Journal of Policy History, Journal of Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. He also has written multiple articles on subjects as varied as baseball, Frank Sinatra, and C. S. Lewis. More than fifty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition. His 2014 book, Resilient America: Electing Nixon, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government, won the American Political Science Association’s Richard E. Neustadt Award for best book on the presidency published that year; and his 2006 book with John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, won the Southern Political Science Association’s V.O. Key Award.

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