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Informationen zum Autor Gerhard Peters is the co-creator, along with John T.Woolley, of The American Presidency Project.Peters is a frequent lecturer on American politics and the presidency at various colleges insouthern California. John T. Woolley is professor of political science and department chair at the University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara. One of the creators of the American Presidency Project,Woolley haswritten extensively on the president’s management of the economy, presidential vetoes, and thestudy of change in the presidency. Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. A former editor of the Washington Monthly, his most recent books include Trump’s First Year (2018); The Elections of 2016 (2018); The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents (2019) ; The American Presidency: Origins and Development (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2011); and Governing at Home: The White House and Domestic Policymaking (with Russell B. Riley, 2011). Nelson has contributed to numerous journals, including the Journal of Policy History, Journal of Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. He also has written multiple articles on subjects as varied as baseball, Frank Sinatra, and C. S. Lewis. More than fifty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition. His 2014 book, Resilient America: Electing Nixon, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government , won the American Political Science Association’s Richard E. Neustadt Award for best book on the presidency published that year; and his 2006 book with John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, won the Southern Political Science Association’s V.O. Key Award. Klappentext The Presidency A to Z is an invaluable tool for understanding the presidency, both historically and today and for appraising how it and the executive branch have responded to the challenges facing the nation. It provides readers with quick information and in-depth background on the presidency through a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 300 easy-to-read entries.Readers will find:- biographies of every president and many others important to the officeExplanations of broader concepts and powers relating to the presidency- discussions of relations with Congress, the Supreme Court, the bureaucracy, political parties, the media, interest groups and the public.The Presidency A to Z includes all the features that made earlier editions so popular: charts, tables, lists, photographs, cartoons, indexes, a bibliography and cross-references. Zusammenfassung Provides readers with information and background on the presidency through a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 300 easy-to-read entries. This title features biographies of every president and many others important to the office. ...
