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  • Presidential Leadership in Political Time

    Reprise and Reappraisal

    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 ... Leer más

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  • The Adaptability Paradox

    Political Inclusion and Constitutional Resilience

    Has American democracy outstripped its constitutional accommodations?Faith in the resilience and adaptability of the US Constitution rests on a long history of finding new ways to make the system work. In The Adaptability Paradox, political scientist Stephen Skowronek examines the rearrangements that regenerated the American government in the past and brings that experience to bear on our current ... Leer más

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  • Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

    The Deep State and The Unitary Executive

    A powerful dissection of one of the fundamental problems in American governance today: the clash between presidents determined to redirect the nation through ever-tighter control of administration and an executive branch still organized to promote shared interests in steady hands, due deliberation, and expertise. President Trump pitted himself repeatedly against the institutions and personnel of ... Leer más

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  • The Politics Presidents Make

    Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton, Revised Edition

    Stephen Skowronek’s wholly innovative study demonstrates that presidents are persistent agents of change, continually disrupting and transforming the political landscape. In an afterword to this new edition, the author examines “third way” leadership as it has been practiced by Bill Clinton and others. These leaders are neither great repudiators nor orthodox innovators. They challenge received ... Leer más

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  • The Policy State

    An American Predicament

    The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government’s entire raison d’être, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it. ... Leer más

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  • Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency

    Case Studies in Presidential Leadership

    Applying the lessons of presidential history, this anthology of case studies—written by leading political scientists, historians, and subject matter experts—delves into the many facets of the presidency and promotes a greater understanding of the presidency for policymakers, academics, students, and general readers alike.Abraham Lincoln once said, "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history." One ... Leer más

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  • The Progressives' Century

    Political Reform, Constitutional Government, and the Modern American State

    Series series The Institution for Social and Policy Studies
    A landmark work on how the Progressive Era redefined the playing field for conservatives and liberals alike.During the 1912 presidential campaign, Progressivism emerged as an alternative to what was then considered an outmoded system of government. A century later, a new generation of conservatives criticizes Progressivism as having abandoned America’s founding values and miring the government in ... Leer más

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    Presidential Leadership in Political Time

    Reprise and Reappraisal, Third Edition, Revised and Expanded

    Narrado por Robertson Dean ...

    Completo

    9 hora 11 minutos

    Presidential Leadership in Political Time 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 ... Leer más

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  • Silent Covenants

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    When the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education was handed down in 1954, many civil rights advocates believed that the decision, which declared public school segregation unconstitutional, would become the Holy Grail of racial justice. Fifty years later, despite its legal irrelevance and the racially separate and educationally ineffective state of public schooling for most ... Leer más

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  • Legacies of Losing in American Politics

    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    American politics is typically a story about winners. The fading away of defeated politicians and political movements is a feature of American politics that ensures political stability and a peaceful transition of power. But American history has also been built on defeated candidates, failed presidents, and social movements that at pivotal moments did not dissipate as expected but instead ... Leer más

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  • The Presidency and Political Science: Paradigms of Presidential Power from the Founding to the Present: 2014

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