ISBN: 9780812206234

A governor's mansion is often the last stop for politicians who plan to move into the White House. Before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, four of his last five pr… Mehr…

A governor's mansion is often the last stop for politicians who plan to move into the White House. Before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, four of his last five predecessors had been governors. Executive experience at the state level informs individual presidencies, and, as Saladin M. Ambar argues, the actions of governors-turned-presidents changed the nature of the presidency itself long ago. How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency is the first book to explicitly credit governors with making the presidency what it is today.By examining the governorships of such presidential stalwarts as Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, political scientist Ambar shows how gubernatorial experience made the difference in establishing modern presidential practice. The book also delves into the careers of Wisconsin's Bob La Follette and California's Hiram Johnson, demonstrating how these governors reshaped the presidency through their activism. As Ambar reminds readers, governors as far back as Samuel J. Tilden of New York, who ran against Rutherford Hayes in the controversial presidential election of 1876, paved the way for a more assertive national leadership. Ambar explodes the idea that the modern presidency began after 1945, instead placing its origins squarely in the Progressive Era.This innovative study uncovers neglected aspects of the evolution of the nation's executive branch, placing American governors at the heart of what the presidency has become—for better or for worse. University of Pennsylvania Press American Government Political Science; Public Policy 9780812243963 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Politics & International Relations, University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.<

ISBN: 9780812206234

University of Pennsylvania Press American Government Political Science; Public Policy 9780812243963,9780812243963 UK,GB,DE,ES,FR,IT,US,CA,MX,AU,NZ 20120417 English Politics & Internationa… Mehr…

University of Pennsylvania Press American Government Political Science; Public Policy 9780812243963,9780812243963 UK,GB,DE,ES,FR,IT,US,CA,MX,AU,NZ 20120417 English Politics & International Relations, University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.<

ISBN: 9780812206234

*How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency* / epub eBook für 74.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft Medien > Bücher, Bonnier Books UK

2012, ISBN: 9780812206234

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.], University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2012

ISBN: 9780812206234

How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency: ab 74.49 € eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Politikwissenschaft, Bonnier Books UK