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This conceptual framework allows readers to study long-term continuity and change in the presidency and in America.

In an age of specialization, when most historical studies of individual presidents are hundreds, even thousands of pages long, Saunders gives readers a brief, interpretive overview of select presidents.

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This conceptual framework allows readers to study long-term continuity and change in the presidency and in America.

In an age of specialization, when most historical studies of individual presidents are hundreds, even thousands of pages long, Saunders gives readers a brief, interpretive overview of select presidents.

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This book demonstrates that the Founders did not intend to confer on the president a power equivalent to the royal prerogative of suspending the laws, which was stripped from the English Crown in 1689.

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A guide to the strategies of candidates and political parties during American presidential election campaigns. The authors identify the important factors that determine the American political environment and examine the importance of primaries and the role of public financing and debates.

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In the past several decades, the country has seen some incumbent presidents win second terms by margins previously believed to be unattainable, yet has witnessed defeats of more incumbents than at any time in our national history.

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The American presidency is the single most important political office in the United States, but it is also a complex institution that scholars and the general public still do not fully understand.

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The French Fifth Republic Presidency has emerged as a powerful executive in western society. This book is a study of how that was possible and of the way in which the power of the Presidency was created and maintained.

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The French Fifth Republic Presidency has emerged as a powerful executive in western society. This book is a study of how that was possible and of the way in which the power of the Presidency was created and maintained.

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Explores the process by which our major parties nominate candidates for the presidency in America. This study focuses on the nature and impact of "momentum" in the contemporary nominating system. It examines the consequences of some proposed alternatives to the nominating process, including a regional primary system and a one-day national primary.

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In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties are the focus of candidate attention, are capable of voting for either of the major candidates, and are decisive in determining who wins the presidency.

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This book tackles the perennial debate about whether presidentialism is associated with democratic breakdown. We find evidence that presidentialism could contribute instabilities to a democratic system, though it does not directly follow that those instabilities will trigger a democratic breakdown.

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However, despite the Cold War and demands of international politics, these three presidents were continually involved in critical debates about the domestic future of America, and their roles and victories in these debates have left deep impressions upon American society.

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These opposing documents, along with introductions which place the issues in political context, will enable students to debate the great issues of the day.

This resource covers thirty-seven key issues and initiatives of the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman presidencies.

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This one-stop resource for debating the central issues that shaped the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton presidencies provides the text of pro and con primary documents from the presidents and their opponents, plus helpful analysis to put the issues in context.

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This resource of primary documents and commentary covers the Taylor through Grant administrations by selecting and describing five to ten of the foremost issues of the day and showing the actual text of the president's position along with the opposing viewpoint.

The presidents from 1849-1877 were men of varied backgrounds and talents.

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Students will be able to debate the key political, social, and economic issues and initiatives of each President covered here by using this rich source of pro and con primary documents contemporary to the time.

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This work offers broad analysis of the first five presidential administrations and specific exerpts from original documents supporting and opposing the president's position. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe speak for themselves on key issues of their times.

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The author has provided an epilogue which takes into account foreign policy developments since 1971. He considers the implications of the appointment of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State and deals with some of the larger issues raised by the events of the past two years. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late

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This book analyzes newspaper coverage of four pioneering women politicians between the 1870s and 2000s to understand how media discourse of women politicians has and hasn't changed over 150 years. In addition, the book provides historical context of the political, feminist, and journalistic cultures that influenced how reporters covered these women.

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This book analyzes newspaper coverage of four pioneering women politicians between the 1870s and 2000s to understand how media discourse of women politicians has and hasn't changed over 150 years. In addition, the book provides historical context of the political, feminist, and journalistic cultures that influenced how reporters covered these women.