No Blank Check - The Origins Consequences of Public Antipathy Towards Presidential

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Reeves is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is co-author (with Douglas Kriner) of The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality, which received the 2016 Richard E. Neustadt Award for the best book published in the field of the American presidency. Jon Rogowski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is co-author (with William Howell and Saul Jackman) of The Wartime President: Executive Influence and the Nationalizing Politics of Threat, which won the 2014 William H. Riker prize for the best book published in political economy. Klappentext "1. Introduction Joe Biden sought the presidency for most of his professional life. After winning election to the US Senate in 1972, Biden entered the race for the 1988 Democratic Party nomination but withdrew before the first contest. He didn't last much longer when he sought the 2008 nomination. But 2020 was his year, and what a year it was"-- Vorwort The most comprehensive analysis of how the public views unilateral presidential power and why they punish presidents who use it. Zusammenfassung No Blank Check presents a comprehensive study of public opinion towards presidential power. Analyzing data from panel surveys, original experiments, and historical polls, the book shows that the public opposes unilateral power and punishes presidents who use it, indicating that the public holds presidents accountable for how they exercise power. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Watchmen in the Night?; 3. How Americans View Presidential Power; 4. Support for the Rule of Law and Attitudes toward Power; 5. Presidential Approval and Attitudes toward Power; 6. Public Cost of Unilateral Action; 7. Public Assessments of Presidential Power from the Past; 8. Attitudes toward Executive Power in a Comparative Context; 9. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index....

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• Authors: Andrew Reeves, Andrew (Washington University Reeves, Andrew (Washington University in St Louis) Reeves, Reeves Andrew, Jon C. Rogowski, Rogowski Jon C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781316626474
• ISBN: 978-1-316-62647-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political structure & processes, Comparative Politics, Political ideologies and movements, Political structure and processes, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling