Presidential Leadership and the Trump Presidency
Executive Power and Democratic Government
Editors: Lamb, Charles M., Neiheisel, Jacob R. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Demonstrates how the Trump presidency differs from any preceding administration
- Explores the authoritarian themes that have emerged under Trump's leadership and how to counter them
- Addresses the concept of presidential lies and how it has characterized much of Trump's rhetoric
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This title brings together seven presidential politics scholars to address the Trump presidency and the current functioning of American democracy based on recent provocative research. These studies focus on several important topics, including presidential leadership theory and the Trump presidency, examining its mistruths, analyzing its record in the lower federal courts, probing its use of the pardon power, debating whether it requires an entirely new United States constitution to prevent future authoritarian threats, and assessing Trump's contribution to presidential power research. Taken together, these chapters represent a snapshot view of the early Trump presidency and its implications for US politics moving forward.
- About the authors
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Charles M. Lamb is Research Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.
Jacob R. Neiheisel is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.
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“A valuable addition to studies of the American presidency.” (Mark Kelso, Professor, Political Science, Queens University of Charlotte, USA)
“Presenting very compelling scholarship on the still-young Trump presidency, Presidential Leadership and the Trump Presidency is an important and timely work that fits into broader scholarly traditions.” (Graham Dodds, Associate Professor, Political Science, Concordia University Montreal, Canada)
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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On Studying the Trump Presidency
Pages 1-15
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The Lies of Donald Trump: A Taxonomy
Pages 17-40
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Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Policies: The Risks of Executive Branch Lawmaking That Fails to “Take Care”
Pages 41-90
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President Donald J. Trump and the Clemency Power: Is Claiming “Unfair” Treatment for Pardon Recipients the New “Fake News”?
Pages 91-120
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How to Keep the Republic (Before It’s Too Late): Why a New Constitution Is Necessary to Strengthen Liberal Democracy in the United States
Pages 121-149
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Presidential Leadership and the Trump Presidency
- Book Subtitle
- Executive Power and Democratic Government
- Editors
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- Charles M. Lamb
- Jacob R. Neiheisel
- Series Title
- The Evolving American Presidency
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-18979-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-18979-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-18978-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-18981-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 185
- Topics