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The unsustainable presidency : Clinton, Bush, Obama, and beyond / William F. Grover and Joseph G. Peschek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grover, William F., 1956- author.
- Peschek, Joseph G., author.
- Series:
- Evolving American presidency
- The evolving American presidency series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- Executive power--United States.
- Executive power.
- Political leadership--United States.
- Political leadership.
- United States--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-.
- Clinton, Bill.
- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.
- Bush, George W.
- Obama, Barack.
- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- United States--Politics and government--2009-.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Summary:
- The Unsustainable Presidency develops a structural theory of the office by challenging and redefining the twin imperatives upon which the modern chief executive was constructed: unlimited economic growth and national security through the expansion of empire. Neither goal is sustainable in a world of global climate change and the waning of US military supremacy. Thus the modern presidency is an unsustainable office that as currently constituted is incapable of offering solutions to the problems confronting America and the world. The book's distinctive contributions center on building a critique of all leading theories of the presidency. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Theories of the American presidency
- Beyond institutions-as-structure : a deeper structural perspective
- Bill Clinton and the neoliberal presidency
- The conservative mirage : George W. Bush and empire waning
- Change you can believe in? : the Barack Obama presidency
- Toward a deep presidency : coming to terms with our constitutional catastrophe-in-chief.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137371812
- 1137371811
- OCLC:
- 884570938
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