03141cam a2200409 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000430009502000400013803500130017804000280019104100080021904200080022704300120023505000230024708200150027010000310028524501040031626400520042030000310047233600210050333700250052433800230054950400670057250501850063952016600082465000310248465000330251565000360254865000370258465100440262165100420266570000240270717562243BJBSDDR20251029132258.0ta121213s2013    nju      b    001 0 eng    a  2012042074  a9780691155340 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a0691155348 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a17562243  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aJK 516bH859t 201300a352.2309731 aHowell, William G.,d1971-10aThinking about the presidency :bthe primacy of power /cWilliam G. Howell with David Milton Brent. 1aPrinceton :bPrinceton University Press,c2013.  axxxiii, 185 pages ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 149-172) and index.0 aOn being president -- Bearing witness -- Constitutional foundations -- Contrasting conceptions of executive leadership -- Misguided entreaties -- What failure looks like -- Limits.  aAll American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power--acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have other concerns, such as shaping policy or building a legacy, the primacy of power considerations--exacerbated by expectations of the presidency and the inadequacy of explicit powers in the Constitution--sets presidents apart from other political actors. Thinking about the Presidency explores presidents' preoccupation with power. Distinguished presidential scholar William Howell looks at the key aspects of executive power--political and constitutional origins, philosophical underpinnings, manifestations in contemporary political life, implications for political reform, and looming influences over the standards to which we hold those individuals elected to America's highest office. Howell shows that an appetite for power may not inform the original motivations of those who seek to become president. Rather, this need is built into the office of the presidency itself--and quickly takes hold of whomever bears the title of Chief Executive. In order to understand the modern presidency, and the degrees to which a president succeeds or fails, the acquisition, protection, and expansion of power in a president's political life must be recognized--in policy tools and legislative strategies, the posture taken before the American public, and the disregard shown to those who would counsel modesty and deference within the White House. Thinking about the Presidency assesses how the search for and defense of presidential powers informs nearly every decision made by the leader of the nation. 0aPresidentszUnited States. 4aPresidentes zEstados Unidos 0aExecutive powerzUnited States. 4aPoder ejecutivozEstados Unidos  0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government. 4aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobierno1 aBrent, David Milton