The Constitution and the American Presidency

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Martin L. Fausold, Alan Shank
SUNY Press, 1991 M01 1 - 323 páginas
In this unusual and provocative volume, historians examine the presidencies of Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, F. D. R., and Truman, while political scientists assess the contemporary presidency and suggest a range of reforms, from modest to radical, including fundamental alterations to the balance of power between the presidency and the Congress.
 

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Introduction to Part I
3
The Jefferson Presidency and Constitutional Beginnings
5
The Constitution and the Presidencies The Jackson Era
29
The Constitution of the Lincoln Presidency and the Republican Era
45
The Constitution of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidency and the Progressive Era
63
The Constitution of the Hoover and F Roosevelt Presidency During the Depression Era 19301939
83
The Constitution of the Truman Presidency and the PostWorld War II Era
107
Introduction to Part II
131
Presidential War Powers the War Powers Resolution and the Persian Gulf
195
The Presidency and the Future of Constitutional Government
211
Presidential Power and the Ideological Struggle Over its Interpretation
227
An Historians Last Word
245
A Political Science Perspective
247
Contributors
251
Notes
257
Subject Index
303

The Constitutional Presidency in American Political Development
133
The Constitution and Presidential Budget Powers The Modern Era
147
The Modern Presidency and the Constitution Foreign Policy
171

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Martin L. Fausold is Distinguished Service Professor of History and Chairman of the Division of Social Sciences at State University of New York at Geneseo. He is the author of Gifford Pinchot, Bull Moose Progressive; The Hoover Presidency: A Reappraisal; James W. Wadsworth Jr.: The Gentleman from New York; and The Presidency of Herbert Hoover.

Alan Shank is Professor and Chairperson of Political Science at State University of New York at Geneseo. He is the author of New Jersey Reapportionment Politics, co-author of Urban Perspectives, editor of American Politics, Policies, and Priorities; Political Power and the Urban Crisis, and co-editor of Educational Investment in an Urban Society.

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