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The isolated presidency / Jordan T. Cash.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cash, Jordan, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--History.
- Presidents.
- Executive power--United States--History.
- Executive power.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862.
- Tyler, John.
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
- Johnson, Andrew.
- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
- Ford, Gerald R.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- How powerful is the President of the United States? In The Isolated Presidency, Jordan T. Cash re-frames this question to instead ask what authority is available to all presidents. Drawing on the Constitution itself, Cash argues that the presidency possesses an internal logic derived from its structure, duties, and powers which not only grants the president a unique institutional perspective, but also provides the president with considerable agency and discretion in pursuing his agenda. Through three case studies of "isolated presidents" Cash provides lessons and examples of what constitutionally derived actions a president can take when confronted with the recurring issues of divided government and political gridlock.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Isolated Presidency
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Baseline of Presidential Power
- 1. The Constitutional Logic of the Presidency
- 2. John Tyler: The Expelled President
- 3. Andrew Johnson: The Impeached President
- 4. Gerald R. Ford: The Appointed President
- Conclusion: Lessons from the Isolated Presidents
- Appendix: Defining the Isolated Presidency
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 14, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9780197669792
- 0197669794
- 9780197669808
- 0197669808
- 9780197669785
- 0197669786
- OCLC:
- 1396696254
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