The Cult of the Presidency

Autori

• Gene Healy

Parametri

• 264 pagine
• 10 ore di lettura

• Diritto
• Politica
• Saggistica
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Storia

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers -- 2. "Progress" and the Presidency -- 3. The Age of the Heroic Presidency -- 4. Hero Takes a Fall -- 5. Superman Returns -- 6. War President -- 7. Omnipotence and Impotence -- 8. Why the Worst Get on Top ... and Get Worse -- 9. Toward Normalcy -- Afterword: Our Continuing Cult of the Presidency -- Notes -- About the Author -- Cato Institute

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2009

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