American Presidency : a very short introduction / Charles O. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Charles O., author.

Series:

Very short introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States.

Executive power--United States.

Local Subjects:

Executive power.

Presidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages): illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The expansion of executive powers amid the war on terrorism has brought the presidency to the center of heated public debate. Now, in The American Presidency, presidential authority Charles O. Jones provides invaluable background to the current controversy, in a compact, reliable guide to the office of the chief executive. This marvelously concise survey is packed with information about the presidency, some of it quite surprising.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Illustration; List of Tables; 1 Inventing the Presidency; 2 The Presidency Finds Its Place; 3 Electing Presidents (and Other Ways To Occupy the Oval Office); 4 Making and Remaking a Presidency; 5 Connecting to and Leading the Government; 6 Presidents at Work: Making Law and Doing Policy; 7 Reform, Change, and Prospects for the Future; Appendix; Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-19-971915-2

OCLC:

808802716