1st Edition

Presidential Power Theories and Dilemmas

By John P. Burke Copyright 2016
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Presidential power is perhaps one of the most central issues in the study of the American presidency. Since Richard E. Neustadt's classic study, first published in 1960, there has not been a book that thoroughly examines the issue of presidential power. Presidential Power: Theories and Dilemmas by noted scholar John P. Burke provides an updated and comprehensive look at the issues, constraints,... Read more
INTRODUCTION: Presidential Power and Its Dilemmas CHAPTER ONE: The Madisonian Dilemma CHAPTER TWO: Neustadt and the "Modern" Conception of Presidential Power CHAPTER THREE: The Executive's Prerogative: Inherent Constitutional Powers CHAPTER FOUR: Going Public and Presidential Power CHAPTER FIVE: Presidential Power and Historical Time, Variously Interpreted CHAPTER SIX: The First Term: Internal Time and Presidential Power CHAPTER SEVEN: The Second Term: Internal Time and Presidential Power CHAPTER EIGHT: Lessons for Presidential Power, Today and Beyond

Biography

John P Burke