1st Edition
The Upcoming Insignificance of the American Presidency Flouting the Framer's Forewarnings
By Wilbur C. Rich
Copyright 2024
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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This new text analyzes the development of the presidency as the dominant political institution in the United States and raises questions about its future relevance.
In this history of the U.S. executive branch from the framing of the Constitution to the Biden administration, author Wilbur C. Rich illuminates the transformation of the presidential role by a variety of extra-constitutional,... Read more
1 The Post-Colonial Gentry and Ruminations of Agency
2 Elites’ Fashioning a Front Man
3 The Transmutation of Presidents into Economic Czars
4 Presidents Through Ages of Foreign Policy
5 Desideratum of Staffing—Send in the “Lilliputians”
6 News Reporting and Presidency
7 Presidential Stability and Rapid Change
Conclusion
Biography
Wilbur C. Rich is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at Wellesley College, USA.
