With Reverence and Contempt: How Americans Think About Their President: How Americans Think About Their Presidents (Interpreting American Politics) - Hardcover

Langston, Thomas S.

9780801850165: With Reverence and Contempt: How Americans Think About Their President: How Americans Think About Their Presidents (Interpreting American Politics)

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ISBN 10: 0801850169 ISBN 13: 9780801850165

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

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"Tom Langston has made an enormous contribution to our understanding of American political culture and the underlying values involved in judgements about presidential performance. His work will help clarify our expectations about presidential governance, and will provide rigor in developing concepts of use in the national conversation about values in politics."--Richard M. Pious, Barnard College. "Langston's fascinating analysis of the dysfunctional relationship between Americans and their presidents is required reading for anyone concerned with the future of American politics."--Michael Lind, Senior Editor, 'Harper's Magazine'

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Thomas S. Langston is associate professor of political science at Tulane University. He is the author of 'Ideologues and Presidents: From the New Deal to the Reagan Revolution.'

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Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN 10: 0801850169
ISBN 13: 9780801850165
Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage: 1
Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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With Reverence and Contempt : How the Americans Think about Their President

Langston, Thomas S.

Verlag: The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1995

ISBN 10: 0801850169 ISBN 13: 9780801850165

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First Edition. A fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 180 pages; Publisher's review copy with promotional slip loosely inserted. Summary: What's wrong with the American presidency? Why is the world's oldest surviving democracy headed by a leader who lives and acts like a king? And why is that same leader so often held in low esteem by those who elected him? In this spirited survey of presidential history, Thomas Langston examines two centuries of unrealistic expectations, false hopes, and willful misunderstandings that lie at the heart of America's "dysfunctional relationship" with its president. Langston argues that each president becomes an icon, a stylized image of Americans' faith in themselves and in their country. Taking us on an investigation of how the game of presidential symbol-making is played, Langston reveals how Americans' wishful thinking is encouraged and how even the best presidents are invited to deceive the public. With Reverence and Contempt concludes with a series of recommendations, including legislative changes aimed at improving the relationship between the president and the public by cutting the president's symbolic value down to size. 3 Kg. Artikel-Nr. 50281

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