Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : new. When the American president cannot get his way with Congress on something of great importance to him, he often appeals over the heads of Congress, directly to the American people. This kind of appeal and the frequent use of the media to generate support for presidential policies face criticism (especially from policy critics) as an unconstitutional means of subverting the executive-legislative power balance intended by the Constitution. Melvin C. Laracey, in this fascinating historical interpretation of presidential efforts to marshal public opinion in support of policy positions, challenges the notion that direct appeals are either recent or unconstitutional.Presidents and the People offers the first comprehensive study of presidential communication with the public on policy matters and of popular and elite attitudes toward going public. Laracey demonstrates that the practice did not begin with Roosevelts Fireside Chats, Kennedys televised press conferences, or Bill Clintons town meetings. Rather, historically, it has included earlier media such as presidentially sponsored newspapers. The relative absence of policy issues from earlier presidential speeches represented not an aversion to going public, but a preference for the printed word in a society where speeches reached only the immediate audience.Laracey argues that the extent to which presidents have gone public is a function of their adherence to one of two competing conceptions of the presidency, both of which are constitutionally based. His nuanced view of the presidency results in an original typology that he uses to analyze both the means and the normative bases for going public. He challenges the view of the Federalist Papers as pro-Congress at the cost of a policy-oriented, public-referring presidency. Tracing the sometimes thinly veiled exercise of public appeals through presidential newspapers, he concludes that going public is not a modern manifestation, but rather the modern triumph of one view of the proper place of the presidency in the constitutional order.
Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. When the American president cannot get his way with Congress on something of great importance to him, he often appeals over the heads of Congress, directly to the American people. This kind of appeal and the frequent use of the media to generate support for presidential policies face criticism (especially from policy critics) as an unconstitutional means of subverting the executive-legislative power balance intended by the Constitution. Melvin C. Laracey, in this fascinating historical interpretation of presidential efforts to marshal public opinion in support of policy positions, challenges the notion that direct appeals are either recent or unconstitutional.Presidents and the People offers the first comprehensive study of presidential communication with the public on policy matters and of popular and elite attitudes toward going public. Laracey demonstrates that the practice did not begin with Roosevelts Fireside Chats, Kennedys televised press conferences, or Bill Clintons town meetings. Rather, historically, it has included earlier media such as presidentially sponsored newspapers. The relative absence of policy issues from earlier presidential speeches represented not an aversion to going public, but a preference for the printed word in a society where speeches reached only the immediate audience.Laracey argues that the extent to which presidents have gone public is a function of their adherence to one of two competing conceptions of the presidency, both of which are constitutionally based. His nuanced view of the presidency results in an original typology that he uses to analyze both the means and the normative bases for going public. He challenges the view of the Federalist Papers as pro-Congress at the cost of a policy-oriented, public-referring presidency. Tracing the sometimes thinly veiled exercise of public appeals through presidential newspapers, he concludes that going public is not a modern manifestation, but rather the modern triumph of one view of the proper place of the presidency in the constitutional order.
Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
Vendeur : Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
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Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
Vendeur : booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : new.
Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
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Hardcover. Etat : As New. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Minimal wear to the dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!.
Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
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Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
Vendeur : GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : Fine. Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear. 1.31.
Edité par Texas A&M University Press, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1585441805 ISBN 13 : 9781585441808
Vendeur : BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Etats-Unis
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