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This brief, thought-provoking text evaluates the performance of
recent presidents from Johnson to Bush, finding that, overall, each
has failed to live up to public expectations. Written by one of the
top presidency scholars today, The Presidential Dilemma reflects on
the idea that as our country's problems grow, our politicians seem
to shrink. Arguing that American presidents of the last 40 years
have largely failed to meet the needs, expectations, and
responsibilities placed upon them, the book discusses how
presidents might better maximize their opportunities for leadership
and suggests a distinctive theory of presidential politics:
presidents, facing a system of multiple veto points, seek to
maximize power and influence. The third edition of Genovese's
stimulating book is thoroughly updated to reflect presidential
development in recent years, and a new introduction brings his
arguments current. As he demonstrates, the emergence of democracy
as a new social and political paradigm undermined traditional
authority and legitimacy. Subjects no longer automatically follow;
now citizens must be persuaded. They may give to a leader their
authority and power, or not. As Genovese notes, in a world of mass
consumerism, those wishing to lead have precious little to offer by
way of inducement. Genovese's goal is to examine the reasons why
the performance of recent presidents has been underwhelming,
discuss how they might maximize their opportunities for leadership,
and ask a key question: Can presidents be both powerful and
accountable? The book follows a clear format and tries to show why
America's officeholders have so rarely been leaders and how
presidents can become leaders instead of mere officeholders.
This brief, thought-provoking text evaluates the performance of
recent presidents from Johnson to Bush, finding that, overall, each
has failed to live up to public expectations. Written by one of the
top presidency scholars today, "The Presidential Dilemma" reflects
on the idea that as our country's problems grow, our politicians
seem to shrink. Arguing that American presidents of the last 40
years have largely failed to meet the needs, expectations, and
responsibilities placed upon them, the book discusses how
presidents might better maximize their opportunities for leadership
and suggests a distinctive theory of presidential politics:
presidents, facing a system of multiple veto points, seek to
maximize power and influence. The third edition of Genovese's
stimulating book is thoroughly updated to reflect presidential
development in recent years, and a new introduction brings his
arguments current. As he demonstrates, the emergence of democracy
as a new social and political paradigm undermined traditional
authority and legitimacy. Subjects no longer automatically follow;
now citizens must be persuaded. They may give to a leader their
authority and power, or not. As Genovese notes, in a world of mass
consumerism, those wishing to lead have precious little to offer by
way of inducement. Genovese's goal is to examine the reasons why
the performance of recent presidents has been underwhelming,
discuss how they might maximize their opportunities for leadership,
and ask a key question: Can presidents be both powerful and
accountable? The book follows a clear format and tries to show why
America's officeholders have so rarely been leaders and how
presidents can become leaders instead of mere officeholders.
The American public hungers for a heroic leader. From John F.
Kennedy to George W. Bush, every American president has left office
either under a cloud or as a failed leader. Michael A. Genovese
argues that presidents are set up for failure; it is not specific
presidents but the presidency itself that is the problem. The
presidency was designed to prevent tyranny through a system of
separation of powers that inhibits presidents from exercising
sufficient power to meet the demands and expectations that
developed over time. Each new president dreams of success, only to
be crushed by the paralytic weight of vetoes and roadblocks. As
they fail to meet expectations, Americans turn on them, making
their already precarious position much worse. Given the perilous
nature of the office, Genovese examines the skills required to
achieve success and the roles of power and persuasion. He also
examines how globalization and the rapid pace of change contribute
to the decline of presidential power. This accessible synthesis of
scholarship is geared toward an audience that is hungry to unravel
the dilemmas of presidential leadership. Students of the presidency
will find it insightful; general readers will find it illuminating.
The American public hungers for a heroic leader. From John F.
Kennedy to George W. Bush, every American president has left office
either under a cloud or as a failed leader. Michael A. Genovese
argues that presidents are set up for failure; it is not specific
presidents but the presidency itself that is the problem. The
presidency was designed to prevent tyranny through a system of
separation of powers that inhibits presidents from exercising
sufficient power to meet the demands and expectations that
developed over time. Each new president dreams of success, only to
be crushed by the paralytic weight of vetoes and roadblocks. As
they fail to meet expectations, Americans turn on them, making
their already precarious position much worse. Given the perilous
nature of the office, Genovese examines the skills required to
achieve success and the roles of power and persuasion. He also
examines how globalization and the rapid pace of change contribute
to the decline of presidential power. This accessible synthesis of
scholarship is geared toward an audience that is hungry to unravel
the dilemmas of presidential leadership. Students of the presidency
will find it insightful; general readers will find it illuminating.
Attacks against the pursuit of profit in eighteenth-century Britain
have been largely read as reactions against market activity in
general or as critiques of financial innovation. In The Problem of
Profit, however, Michael Genovese contends that such rejections of
profit derive not from a distaste for moneymaking itself but from a
distaste for individualism. In the aftermath of the late
seventeenth-century Financial Revolution, literature linked the
concept of sympathy to the public-minded economic ideals of the
past to resist the rising individualism of capitalism. This study
places literary works at the center of eighteenth-century debates
about how to harmonize exchanges of feeling and exchanges of
finance, highlighting representations of communitarian, affective
profit-making in georgic poetry as well as in the work of Joseph
Addison, Daniel Defoe, Richard Steele, Sarah Fielding, Henry
Fielding, David Hume, Samuel Johnson, and Laurence Sterne, among
others. Investigating commercial treatises, novels, poetry,
periodicals, and philosophy, Genovese argues that authors conjured
alternatives to private accumulation that might counter the
isolating tendencies of impersonal exchange. However, even as
emotional language and economic language arose together in the
1700s, the attendant aspiration to form a communitarian economy in
Britain was not fulfilled. By recovering an approach to moneymaking
that failed to thrive, The Problem of Profit argues for the
relevance of an unfamiliar narrative of capitalistic thought to
today's anxiety over the discord between personal ambition and
public good.
This book offers an accessible and compelling guide to the American
presidency by exploring a series of key questions. How powerful is
the American presidency, and to what extent is presidential power
dependent on persuasion? Do the personal qualities of presidents
drive events, or does the institution of the presidency shape their
choices? Is the presidency a "unitary" office or a limited and
circumscribed institution? Which is more important, character or
competence? Is presidential success a matter of skill or
opportunity? And will future presidencies turn away from checks and
balances in favor of illiberal democracy? Michael A. Genovese, a
leading scholar of the presidency, provides a clear overview of the
core arguments and debates over the essential characteristics of
this contradictory institution. Ideal for classroom use, this book
provides insights into what the presidency was designed to be, what
it has evolved into, how it has been reshaped to respond to new
demands, and what its future might hold. Engaging and
reader-friendly, The Modern Presidency gives students the tools to
think critically about the nature of this complex office and how
its powers can be wielded.
This book offers an accessible and compelling guide to the American
presidency by exploring a series of key questions. How powerful is
the American presidency, and to what extent is presidential power
dependent on persuasion? Do the personal qualities of presidents
drive events, or does the institution of the presidency shape their
choices? Is the presidency a "unitary" office or a limited and
circumscribed institution? Which is more important, character or
competence? Is presidential success a matter of skill or
opportunity? And will future presidencies turn away from checks and
balances in favor of illiberal democracy? Michael A. Genovese, a
leading scholar of the presidency, provides a clear overview of the
core arguments and debates over the essential characteristics of
this contradictory institution. Ideal for classroom use, this book
provides insights into what the presidency was designed to be, what
it has evolved into, how it has been reshaped to respond to new
demands, and what its future might hold. Engaging and
reader-friendly, The Modern Presidency gives students the tools to
think critically about the nature of this complex office and how
its powers can be wielded.
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