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Informationen zum Autor Sidney M. Milkis is the James Hart Professor of Politics and senior scholar at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. His books include The President and the Parties (1993), The Politics of Regulatory Change, 2d edition (1996), Political Parties and Constitutional Government (1999), Presidential Greatness (2000), and The New Deal and the Triumph of Liberalism (2002). His articles have appeared in Political Science Quarterly, Studies in American Political Development, The Journal of Policy History, and several edited volumes. Klappentext marking the 25th anniversary of 's publication, the authors add new scholarship to every chapter, re-examine the end of George W. Bush's tenure, assess President Obama's first term in office, and explore Obama's second term. Zusammenfassung This book examines the constitutional origins of the executive office and the social, economic, political, and international factors that have shaped it over time and thoroughly explores the Obama Presidency to date. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1: The Constitutional Convention Antecedents The Constitutional Convention Chapter 2: Creating the Presidency The Making of the Presidency: An Overview Number of the Executive Selection and Succession Term of Office Removal Institutional Separation from Congress Enumerated Powers The Vice Presidency Ratifying the Constitution Chapter 3: Bringing the Constitutional Presidency to Life: George Washington and John Adams The Election of George Washington Making the Presidency Safe for Democracy Forming the Executive and Judicial Branches Presidential "Supremacy" and the Conduct of the Executive Branch Presidential Nonpartisanship and the Beginning of Party Conflict Washington's Retirement and the Jay Treaty: The Constitutional Crisis of 1796 The 1796 Election The Embattled Presidency of John Adams The Alien and Sedition Acts Chapter 4: The Triumph of Jeffersonianism The "Revolution" of 1800 Jefferson's War with the Judiciary The Democratic-Republican Program and the Adjustment to Power The Limits of "Popular" Leadership The Twelfth Amendment Jefferson's Mixed Legacy The Presidency of James Madison and the Rise of the House of Representatives The Presidencies of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Chapter 5: The Age of Jackson Jacksonian Democracy The Rise of the Party Convention Jackson's Struggle with Congress The Aftermath of the Bank Veto The Decline of the Cabinet The Limits of the Jacksonian Presidency Martin Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 The Jacksonian Presidency Sustained John Tyler and the Problem of Presidential Succession The Presidency of James K. Polk The Slavery Controversy and the Twilight of the Jacksonian Presidency Chapter 6: The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln and the Slavery Controversy The Election of 1860 Lincoln and Secession Lincoln's Wartime Measures The Emancipation Proclamation The Election of 1864 Lincoln's Legacy Chapter 7: The Reaction against Presidential Power: Andrew Johnson to William McKinley Reconstruction and the Assault on Executive Authority The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant and the Abdication of Executive Power The Fight to Restore Presidential Power Congressional Government and the Prelude to a More Active Presidency Chapter 8: Progressive Politics and Executive Power: The Presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt and the Expansion of Executive Power The Troubled Presidency of William Howard Taft Progressive Politics and the El...
