9780465001835 - Amern Presidency von Pious (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in very good dust jacket. Chipping and sunning to dust jacket. Price clipped from dust jacket. First edition *.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 491 pages; Description: xx, 491 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Presidents --United States. 4 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in light gray cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book shows very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $16.00 on front flap, displays minor wear at edges, with small tears at corners of top edge. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xx/491 pages. ".demonstrates that what a president is able to accomplish usually has less to do with politics -- electoral support, control of the party, or ranking in public opinion polls -- than with his willingness to assert constitutional authority to resolve important national issues. Whether or not the Congress or the courts go along -- in turn depends on the nature of the emergency and the quality of his leadership. But in either case, the extent and limits of presidential power are continuously being tested in the various of policy making: budgeting and fiscal management, foreign policy and national security management, legislative initiative and congressional relations, etc.".

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Writing with rare lucidity and grace, and richly illustrating his analysis with fascinating and relevant examples drawn from the recent and not so recent past, the author demonstrates that what a president is able to accomplish usually has less to do with politics - electroral support, control of the party, or ranking in public opinion polls - than with his willingness to assert his constitutional authority to resolve important national issues. In developing this challenging and controversial thesis the author, covers all aspects of the modern American presidency, including many, such as fiscal policy making, that are usually ignored. Slight foxing to end pages and edges. Tiny closed tear on spine.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic, Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).