Guide to the Presidency

Michael Nelson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781568020181
• eBook ISBN: 9781135914691
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The Guide to the Presidency is an extensive study of the most important office of the U.S. political system. Its two volumes describe the history, workings and people involved in this office from Washington to Clinton.
The thirty-seven chapters of the Guide, arranged into seven distinct subject areas (ranging from the origins of the office to the powers of the presidency to selection and removal) cover every aspect of the presidency. Initially dealing with the constitutional evolution of the presidency and its development, the book goes on to expand on the history of the office, how the presidency operates alongside the numerous departments and agents of the federal bureaucracy, and how the selection procedure works in ordinary and special cicumstances.
Of special interest to the reader will be the illustrated biographies of every president from Washington to the present day, and the detailed overview of the vice-presidents and first ladies of each particular office. Also included are two special appendices, one of which gathers together important addresses and speeches from the Declaration of Independence to Clinton's Inaugural Address, and another which provides results from elections and polls and statistics from each office.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• PART I Origins and Development of the Presidency
• PART II Selection and Removal of the President
• PART III Powers of the Presidency
• PART IV The President, the Public, and the Parties
• PART V The White House and the Executive Branch
• PART VI Chief Executive and Federal Government
• PART VII Biographies of the Presidents and Vice Presidents
• Reference Materials
• Illustration Credits and Acknowledgments
• Index