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All things to all men : the false promise of the modern American presidency
- Title
- All things to all men : the false promise of the modern American presidency / by Godfrey Hodgson.
- Author
- Hodgson, Godfrey.
- Publication
- New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1980.
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Details
- Description
- 296 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Hodgson argues that the institution of the presidency has lost much of its power in the last decades, analyzes the causes of this impotence, and suggests changes that will enable future presidents to govern effectively.
- Subject
- 1945-1989
- Presidents > United States
- Executive power > United States
- Executive power
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Präsidentielles Regierungssystem
- Kritik
- Presidents > United States
- Executive power > United States
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
- United States
- USA
- United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 277-283.
- Contents
- The paradox of presidential power -- The isolated president -- Effete bureaucrats and macho stuff -- The paradox of congressional power -- Every man for himself: politics without parties -- The electronic Mephistopheles -- President and people.
- ISBN
- 0671247824
- 9780671247829
- 0297778099
- 9780297778097
- LCCN
- 80015871
- OCLC
- ocm06331314
- 6331314
- SCSB-15209
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library