The lost soul of the American presidency : the decline into demagoguery and the prospects for renewal / Stephen F. Knott.

"The American presidency is not what it once was. Elections have become a popularity contest and the president has become the ostensible mouthpiece of the American people. Stephen F. Knott contends that the presidency of popular consent, or the majoritarian presidency, was not intended by Madison, W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knott, Stephen F. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > History.
Executive power > United States > History.
Political leadership > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government.
Executive power.
Political leadership.
Politics and government.
Presidents.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 290 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: The long, declining road
  • The founders presidency : Washington, Hamilton, and an office of sober expectations
  • The presidency of popular consent : Thomas Jefferson and the "Revolution of 1800"
  • Andrew Jackson : "the majority is to govern"
  • Abraham Lincoln and the "mobocratic spirit"
  • Woodrow Wilson : "to be as big a man as he can"
  • FDR and Harry Truman : "give 'em hell"
  • Ike and Jack : a study in contrasting presidencies
  • The road to degradation
  • The apotheosis of the popular presidency : Donald J. Trump
  • The prospects for renewal.