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JK516 .N35 2008eb
JK516
.
N35
2008eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0816666601
(Number (ISBN
9780816666607
Erroneous ISBN
0816656770
Erroneous ISBN
0816656789
Erroneous ISBN
9780816656776
Erroneous ISBN
9780816656783
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b790102
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Bad for democracy :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
how the Presidency undermines the power of the people /
First Statement of Responsibility
Dana D. Nelson.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Minneapolis :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Minnesota Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (263 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction : the people v. presidentialism -- How the president becomes a superhero -- Voting and the incredibly shrinking citizen -- Presidential war powers and politics as war -- Going corporate with the unitary executive -- Conclusion : reclaiming democratic power for ourselves.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Throughout our history, Americans have been simultaneously inspired and seduced by the American presidency and concerned about the misuse of presidential power-from the time of Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR to Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush-as a grave threat to the United States. In Bad for Democracy, Dana D. Nelson goes beyond blaming particular presidents for jeopardizing the delicate balance of the Constitution to argue that it is the office of the presidency itself that endangers the great American experiment. The emotional impulse to see the president as a hero, Nelson contends, has ceded o.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/cttbrsbq
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Bad for democracy.
International Standard Book Number
0816656770
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Democracy-- United States.
Executive power-- United States.
Presidents-- United States.
Democracy.
Executive power.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- American Government-- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.
Presidents.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
POL-- 030000
POL030000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
320
.
973
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
JK516
Book number
.
N35
2008eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Nelson, Dana D.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207033214.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
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Electronic name
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