Delivering the people's message
Subtitle: the changing politics of the presidential mandate
By: Julia R. Azari
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780801452246
Subjects: Presidents; Rhetoric; Election; Political leadership; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : political institutions and the politics of the presidential mandate; title: Changes in mandate rhetoric : from the progressive era to the partisan era; title: The changing presidential script : Hoover, Roosevelt, and the politics of transition; title: President of all the people? : Eisenhower, Johnson, and leadership in the modern era; title: The presidency in crisis : Nixon, Carter, and the decline of consensus; title: What an election is all about : Reagan, Bush, Obama, and the age of mandates; title: Conclusion : delivering the people's message.