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03287aam a2200481 i 4500 001 DF119742141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240517010047 008 220321s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022001330 020 $a 0231206674 020 $a 9780231206679 020 $a 0231206666 020 $a 9780231206662 035 $a (OCoLC)1294829001 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d OQX $d CDX $d YDX $d BDX $d MUU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK516 $b .G44 2022 082 00 $a 352.230973 $2 23 100 1 $a Genovese, Michael A., $e author. 245 14 $a The modern presidency : $b six debates that define the institution / $c Michael A. Genovese. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 162 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-156) and index. 505 0 $a Which is more important, power or persuasion? -- What matters more, the individual or the institution? -- Did the framers invent a powerful unitary executive or a limited constitutional office -- What is more valuable, character or competence? -- What is more important, skill or opportunity? -- Will the future of the U.S. presidency be one of the liberal democracy or illiberal democracy? 520 $a "In Understanding the Modern Presidency, political scientist Michael Genovese surveys six key debates that define the contemporary executive office and our divergent views of it. From power versus persuasion and the individual versus the institution to theories of unitary executives versus limited constitutional offices, these central arguments define the state of the presidency and the state of the academic debates that surround it. Reading this book will give college students and others, a clearer sense of what the presidency was designed to be, what it has evolved into, how it has been reshaped to respond to new demands, as well as what it can become. This book, designed for university classroom use, returns to the study of the presidency and the disputes about the nature of the institution. Controversies continue to divide us in our efforts to come to grips with this unique, dangerous, and necessary office"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States. 650 0 $a Political leadership $z United States. 650 0 $a Executive power $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 650 6 $a Presidents $z Etats-Unis. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0178650 650 6 $a Pouvoir executif $z Etats-Unis. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0215173 651 6 $a Etats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0112282 650 7 $a Executive power. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917857 650 7 $a Political leadership. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069363 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i Online version: $a Genovese, Michael A. $t Modern presidency. $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] $z 9780231556590 $w (OCoLC)1341841294 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012345.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DF119742141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search