The Unsustainable Presidency [electronic resource] : Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Beyond /
Grover, W.author.
Peschek, J.author.
The Unsustainable Presidency develops a structural theory of the office by challenging and redefining the twin imperatives upon which the modern chief executive was constructed and by applying the theory to the three most recent presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter One Theories of the American Presidency; Chapter Two Beyond Institutions-as-Structure: A Deeper Structural Perspective; Chapter Three Bill Clinton and the Neoliberal Presidency; Chapter Four The Conservative Mirage: George W. Bush and Empire Waning; Chapter Five Change You Can Believe In? The Barack Obama Presidency; Chapter Six Toward a Deep Presidency: Coming to Terms with Our Constitutional Catastrophe-in-Chief; Notes; Index
Includes index.
The Unsustainable Presidency develops a structural theory of the office by challenging and redefining the twin imperatives upon which the modern chief executive was constructed and by applying the theory to the three most recent presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Obama, Barack.
Europe-Politics and government.
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World politics.
European Politics.
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Political Philosophy.
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