Pitiful Giants: Presidents in Their Final Terms

ISBN-13: 9781137410986 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 228 str.

Daniel P. Franklin

Opis

Since ratification of the 22nd Amendment in 1951, five American presidents-Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama-have been elected to serve a second term. Presumably, by virtue of their term-limited status, these presidents are free from electoral p

Recenzje

"Franklin (Georgia State Univ.) examines the trials faced and opportunities afforded to lame duck presidents, men who 'begin to hemorrhage influence from the moment they are reelected.' ... Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate and graduate collections." (R. P. Seyb, Choice, Vol. 53 (7), March, 2016)

Spis treści

1. Leaving Presidents and their Relations with Congress 2. Leaving Presidents and the Administrative State 3. Lame Duck Presidents and Foreign Policy 4. Leaving Presidents and Partisan Politics 5. The Leaving President and the Mechanics of Transition Conclusion: The Public Good and the Limits of the Leaving President

O autorze

Daniel P. Franklin is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, USA.