Presidents The Presidency

Author : Karlyn Kohrs Campbell,Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226092218

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Presidents Creating the Presidency by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell,Kathleen Hall Jamieson Pdf

Arguing that “the presidency” is not defined by the Constitution—which doesn’t use the term—but by what presidents say and how they say it, Deeds Done in Words has been the definitive book on presidential rhetoric for more than a decade. In Presidents Creating the Presidency, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Kathleen Hall Jamieson expand and recast their classic work for the YouTube era, revealing how our media-saturated age has transformed the ever-evolving rhetorical strategies that presidents use to increase and sustain the executive branch’s powers. Identifying the primary genres of presidential oratory, Campbell and Jamieson add new analyses of signing statements and national eulogies to their explorations of inaugural addresses, veto messages, and war rhetoric, among other types. They explain that in some of these genres, such as farewell addresses intended to leave an individual legacy, the president acts alone; in others, such as State of the Union speeches that urge a legislative agenda, the executive solicits reaction from the other branches. Updating their coverage through the current administration, the authors contend that many of these rhetorical acts extend over time: George W. Bush’s post-September 11 statements, for example, culminated in a speech at the National Cathedral and became a touchstone for his subsequent address to Congress. For two centuries, presidential discourse has both succeeded brilliantly and failed miserably at satisfying the demands of audience, occasion, and institution—and in the process, it has increased and depleted political capital by enhancing presidential authority or ceding it to the other branches. Illuminating the reasons behind each outcome, Campbell and Jamieson draw an authoritative picture of how presidents have used rhetoric to shape the presidency—and how they continue to re-create it.

Author : Lori Cox Han,Diane J. Heith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Political leadership
ISBN : 0190611464

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Presidents and the American Presidency by Lori Cox Han,Diane J. Heith Pdf

"Presidents and the American Presidency engages students in the study of the presidency through an exploration of both the political institution and the men who have held the office. Considering both the strengths and the weaknesses of the office, authors Lori Cox Han and Diane J. Heith move beyond purely theoretical analysis to examine the real-life, day-to-day responsibilities and challenges that go with the job. Memos, oral histories, detail analyses, etc. pulled from Presidential Libraries will bring to life the study of the Presidency. Contemporary Presidencies will be emphasized to allow the students to see the concepts presented in the text at work in an administration with which they are familiar. The text will cover all of the standard concepts presented in the course, and will do so by integrating the latest qualitative and quantitative research in the field"--

Author : Karlyn Kohrs Campbell,Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226092416

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Deeds Done in Words by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell,Kathleen Hall Jamieson Pdf

"Deeds Done in Words is an impressive piece of work. It is the first attempt to identify and assess the principal genres of rhetoric, and to interpret the panoply of those genres in terms of the needs of, and the needs for, ritual in American politics."—Jeffrey Tulis, author of The Rhetorical Presidency "Deeds Done in Words is a thoughtful survey of how a democracy uses language to transact its business. Based on an enlivened understanding of genre theory and on numerous pieces of original criticism, Campbell and Jamieson vividly show how central public discourse has become the lifeblood of the American polity."—Roderick Hart, author of The Sound of Leadership "The rhetoric that issues from the White House is becoming an ever more salient part of what the presidency means and does. This acute inquiry provides a great many insights into the forms, meanings, and functions of presidential discourse. It is an enlightening contribution to our understanding of American politics."—Murray Edelman, author of Constructing the Political Spectacle

Author : Michael A. Genovese
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438126388

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Encyclopedia of the American Presidency by Michael A. Genovese Pdf

Praise for the print edition:" ... entries are well written ... an excellent addition."

Author : Marcus Cunliffe
Publisher : New York : American Heritage Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B3635801

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American Presidents and the Presidency by Marcus Cunliffe Pdf

Author : William G. Howell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400866212

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Thinking About the Presidency by William G. Howell Pdf

How the search for power defines the American presidential office All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power—acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have other concerns, such as shaping policy or building a legacy, the primacy of power considerations—exacerbated by expectations of the presidency and the inadequacy of explicit powers in the Constitution—sets presidents apart from other political actors. Thinking about the Presidency explores presidents' preoccupation with power. Distinguished presidential scholar William Howell looks at the key aspects of executive power—political and constitutional origins, philosophical underpinnings, manifestations in contemporary political life, implications for political reform, and looming influences over the standards to which we hold those individuals elected to America's highest office. Howell shows that an appetite for power may not inform the original motivations of those who seek to become president. Rather, this need is built into the office of the presidency itself—and quickly takes hold of whoever bears the title of Chief Executive. In order to understand the modern presidency, and the degrees to which a president succeeds or fails, the acquisition, protection, and expansion of power in a president's political life must be recognized—in policy tools and legislative strategies, the posture taken before the American public, and the disregard shown to those who would counsel modesty and deference within the White House. Thinking about the Presidency assesses how the search for and defense of presidential powers informs nearly every decision made by the leader of the nation. In a new preface, Howell reflects on presidential power during the presidency of Barack Obama.

Author : John Sayle Watterson
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 080188425X

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The Games Presidents Play by John Sayle Watterson Pdf

"Looking at the athletic strengths, feats, and shortcomings of our presidents, John Sayle Watterson explores not only their health, physical attributes, personalities, and sports IQs, but also the increasing trend of Americans in the past century to equate sporting achievements with courage, manliness, and political competence."--Dust jacket [p. 2].

Author : Stephen Graubard
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 807 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141042909

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The Presidents by Stephen Graubard Pdf

In this magisterial examination of the Presidency over the course of the 20th Century, the author explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents of the past century Graubard asks, and answers, a wide variety of crucial questions about each President. What intellectual, social and political assets did they bring to the White House, and how quickly did they deplete or mortgage that capital? How well did they cope with crises, foreign and domestic? How much attention did they pay to their election pledges after they were elected? How did they use the media, old and new? Above all, how did they conduct themselves in office and what legacy did they leave to their successors? Graubard provides original analysis in each case, and reaches many surprising conclusions.

Author : Stephen Hess,James P. Pfiffner
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0815721234

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Organizing the Presidency by Stephen Hess,James P. Pfiffner Pdf

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated in March 1933, the White House staff numbered fewer than fifty people. In the ensuing years, as the United States became a world power and both the foreign and domestic duties of the president grew more complex, the White House staff has increased twentyfold. This books asks how best to manage a presidency that itself has become a bureaucracy. In the third edition of Organizing the Presidency, Stephen Hess, with the assistance of James P. Pfiffner, surveys presidential organizations from Roosevelt¡¯s to George W. Bush¡¯s, examining the changing responsibilities of the executive branch jobs and their relationships with one another, Capitol Hill, and the permanent government. He also describes the kinds of people who have filled these positions and the intentions of the presidents who appointed them.

Author : Arthur Bernon Tourtellot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Presidents
ISBN : LCCN:64011392

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The Presidents on the Presidency by Arthur Bernon Tourtellot Pdf

Author : Stephen Hess
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015034543200

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Presidents & the Presidency by Stephen Hess Pdf

In 1974 Brookings published Hess's The Presidential Campaign, critically acclaimed as entertaining, thoughtful, and provocative. The book examined the recurring patterns of presidential campaigns and the nature of contenders for the nation's top office. In 1976 Hess turned his attention to the executive branch and produced his most popular and influential work, Organizing the Presidency. The book not only captured the attention of presidential scholars and the news media, but also impressed then President-elect Jimmy Carter and led to a series of transition papers for future administrations. Over the years, both volumes have been updated and reissued.

Author : Stephen Skowronek
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780700629435

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Presidential Leadership in Political Time by Stephen Skowronek Pdf

In this expanded third edition, renowned scholar Stephen Skowronek, addresses Donald J. Trump’s presidency. Skowronek’s insights have fundamentally altered our understanding of the American presidency. His “political time” thesis has been particularly influential, revealing how presidents reckon with the work of their predecessors, situate their power within recent political events, and assert their authority in the service of change. A classic widely used in courses on the presidency, Skowronek’s book has greatly expanded our understanding of and debates over the politics of leadership. It clarifies the typical political problems that presidents confront in political time, as well as the likely effects of their working through them, and considers contemporary innovations in our political system that bear on the leadership patterns from the more distant past. Drawing out parallels in the politics of leadership between Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt and between James Polk and John Kennedy, it develops a new and revealing perspective on the presidential leadership of Clinton, Bush, Obama, and now Trump. In this third edition Skowronek carefully examines the impact of recent developments in government and politics on traditional leadership postures and their enactment, given the current divided state of the American polity, the impact of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, of a more disciplined and homogeneous Republican party, of conservative advocacy of the “unitary theory” of the executive, and of progressive disillusionment with the presidency as an institution. A provocative review of presidential history, Skowronek’s book brims with fresh insights and opens a window on the institution of the executive office and the workings of the American political system as a whole. Intellectually satisfying for scholars, it also provides an accessible volume for students and general readers interested in the American presidency.

Author : Jeremi Suri
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465093908

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The Impossible Presidency by Jeremi Suri Pdf

A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every president since JFK, with enormously problematic implications for American politics In The Impossible Presidency, celebrated historian Jeremi Suri charts the rise and fall of the American presidency, from the limited role envisaged by the Founding Fathers to its current status as the most powerful job in the world. He argues that the presidency is a victim of its own success-the vastness of the job makes it almost impossible to fulfill the expectations placed upon it. As managers of the world's largest economy and military, contemporary presidents must react to a truly globalized world in a twenty-four-hour news cycle. There is little room left for bold vision. Suri traces America's disenchantment with our recent presidents to the inevitable mismatch between presidential promises and the structural limitations of the office. A masterful reassessment of presidential history, this book is essential reading for anyone trying to understand America's fraught political climate.

Author : Barbara Hinckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015019622789

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The Symbolic Presidency by Barbara Hinckley Pdf

Describing how American presidents present themselves and their governments to the people, this text analyzes the entire staging of a presidential appearance. Focusing on the modern presidents, from Truman to Bush, the author's research is rooted in the Public Papers of each president.

Author : Brian Lamb,Susan Swain
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781541774377

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The Presidents by Brian Lamb,Susan Swain Pdf

The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership. Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, their moral authority, and more. The crucible of the presidency has forged some of the very best and very worst leaders in our national history, along with everyone in between. Based on interviews conducted over the years with a variety of presidential biographers, this book provides not just a complete ranking of our presidents, but stories and analyses that capture the character of the men who held the office. From Abraham Lincoln's political savvy and rhetorical gifts to James Buchanan's indecisiveness, this book teaches much about what makes a great leader -- and what does not. As America looks ahead to our next election, this book offers perspective and criteria to help us choose our next leader wisely.