Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive

Revised
ISBN: 978-1-5063-4448-5
Verlag: CQ PR

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

The study of the presidency—the power of the office, the evolution of the executive as an institution, the men who have served—has generated a great body of research and scholarship. This book encourages students to grapple with the ideas of the literature by presenting conflicting perspectives on some of the most pivotal issues facing the modern presidency.

In the three pro/con pairs that are new to this edition, contributors debate if executive orders undermined democracy, if social media has brought the president closer to the people, and if the vice presidency should be abolished. Ellis and Nelson introduce each pair of essays, giving students context and preparing them to read each argument critically, so they can decide for themselves which side of the debate they find most persuasive.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ellis, Richard J.

Nelson, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Contributors
1. Resolved, The framers of the Constitution would approve of the modern presidency
Pro: - David Nichols
Con: - Terri Bimes
2. Resolved, The unitary executive is a myth
Pro: - Richard J. Ellis
Con: - Saikrishna Prakash
3. Resolved, Political parties should nominate candidates for the presidency through a national primary
Pro: - Michael Nelson
Con: - Andrew E. Busch
4. Resolved, The president should be elected directly by the people
Pro: - Burdett Loomis
Con: - Byron E. Shafer
5. Resolved, The Twenty-second Amendment should be repealed
Pro: - David Karol
Con: - Thomas E. Cronin
6. Resolved, The new media have brought the president closer to the people
Pro: - Matthew R. Kerbel
Con: - Jeffrey E. Cohen
7. Resolved, Presidential success and failure have more to do with political time than with a president's character and leadership qualities
Pro: - Stephen Skowronek
Con: - Fred I. Greenstein
8. Resolved, Presidential power is (still) the power to persuade
Pro: - Matthew J. Dickinson
Con: - George C. Edwards III
9. Resolved, Congress should be required to vote up or down on legislation proposed by the president
Pro: - William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe
Con: - B. Dan Wood
10. Resolved, Presidents have usurped the war power that rightfully belongs to Congress
Pro: - Nancy Kassop
Con: - Richard M. Pious
11. Resolved, Presidential signing statements threaten the rule of law and the separation of powers
Pro: - Peter M. Shane
Con: - Nelson Lund
12. Resolved, Executive orders and other unilateral presidential directives undermine democracy
Pro: - Gene Healy
Con: - Andrew Rudalevige
13. Resolved, The president has too much power in the selection of judges
Pro: - David A. Yalof
Con: - John Anthony Maltese
14. Resolved, The vice presidency should be abolished
Pro: - Douglas L. Kriner
Con: - Joel K. Goldstein

Über Autor(innen)

Nelson, Michael
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.

Ellis, Richard J.
Richard J. Ellis is Mark O. Hatfield Professor of Politics at Willamette University. His books include The Development of the American Presidency (2015; 2nd ed.); Debating Reform: Conflicting Perspectives on How to Fix the American Political System (with Michael Nelson, 3nd ed., 2016); Judging the Boy Scouts of America: Gay Rights, Freedom of Association, and the Dale Case (2014); Judging Executive Power: Sixteen Supreme Court Cases That Have Shaped the American Presidency (2009); and Presidential Travel: The Journey from George Washington to George W. Bush (2008). In 2008 he was named the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Oregon Professor of the Year.