The presidency and the agencies of the executive branch are deeply
interwoven with other core institutions of American government and
politics. While the framers of the Constitution granted power to
the president, they likewise imbued the legislative and judicial
branches of government with the powers necessary to hold the
executive in check. The Executive Branch, edited byJoel D. Aberbach
and Mark A. Peterson, examines the delicate and shifting balance
among the three branches of government, which is constantly
renegotiated as political leaders contend with the public's
paradoxical sentiments-yearning for strong executive leadership yet
fearing too much executive power, and welcoming the benefits of
public programs yet uneasy about, and indeed often distrusting, big
government.
The Executive Branch, a collection of essays by some of the
nation's leading political scientists and public policy scholars,
examines the historical emergence and contemporary performance of
the presidency and bureaucracy, as well as their respective
relationships with the Congress, the courts, political parties, and
American federalism. Presidential elections are defining moments
for the nation's democracy-by linking citizens directly to their
government, elections serve as a mechanism for exercising
collective public choice. After the election, however, the work of
government begins and involves elected and appointed political
leaders at all levels of government, career civil servants,
government contractors, interest organizations, the media, and
engaged citizens. The essays in this volume delve deeply into the
organizations and politics that make the executive branch such a
complex and fascinating partof American government.
The volume provides an assessment from the past to the present of
the role and development of the presidency and executive branch
agencies, including analysis of the favorable and problematic
strategies, and personal attributes, that presidents have brought
to the challenge of leadership. It examines the presidency and the
executive agencies both separately and together as they
influence-or are influenced by-other major institutions of American
government and politics, with close attention to how they relate to
civic participation and democracy.
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