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The cult of the presidency : America's dangerous devotion to executive power / Gene Healy.
By: Healy, Gene
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Contributor(s): Cato Institute.
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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2008Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-356) and index.Description: viii, 367 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781933995151 (alk. paper); 1933995157 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Presidents -- United States | Executive power -- United States | Executive-legislative relations -- United States | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-DDC classification: 352.230973
Contents:
Our Chief Magistrate and his powers -- "Progress" and the presidency -- The age of the heroic presidency -- Hero takes a fall -- Superman returns -- War president -- Omnipotence and impotence -- Why the worst get on top ... and get worse -- Toward normalcy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-356) and index.
Our Chief Magistrate and his powers -- "Progress" and the presidency -- The age of the heroic presidency -- Hero takes a fall -- Superman returns -- War president -- Omnipotence and impotence -- Why the worst get on top ... and get worse -- Toward normalcy.
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