The Presidency A to Z - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1608719081 ISBN 13: 9781608719082

Publisher: CQ Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Presidency A to Z is an invaluable tool for understanding the presidency, both historically and today and for appraising how it and the executive branch have responded to the challenges facing the nation. It provides readers with quick information and in-depth background on the presidency through a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 300 easy-to-read entries.

Readers will find:

- biographies of every president and many others important to the office

Explanations of broader concepts and powers relating to the presidency

- discussions of relations with Congress, the Supreme Court, the bureaucracy, political parties, the media, interest groups and the public.

The Presidency A to Z includes all the features that made earlier editions so popular: charts, tables, lists, photographs, cartoons, indexes, a bibliography and cross-references.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerhard Peters is the co-creator, along with John T.Woolley, of The American Presidency Project. Peters is a frequent lecturer on American politics and the presidency at various colleges in southern California.

John T. Woolley is professor of political science and department chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara. One of the creators of the American Presidency Project,Woolley has written extensively on the president’s management of the economy, presidential vetoes, and the study of change in the presidency.

Michael Nelson is Fulmer Professor of Political Science at Rhodes College and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. A former editor of the Washington Monthly, his most recent books include Trump’s First Year (2018); The Elections of 2016 (2018); The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents (2019); The American Presidency: Origins and Development (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2011); and Governing at Home: The White House and Domestic Policymaking (with Russell B. Riley, 2011). Nelson has contributed to numerous journals, including the Journal of Policy History, Journal of Politics, and Political Science Quarterly. He also has written multiple articles on subjects as varied as baseball, Frank Sinatra, and C. S. Lewis. More than fifty of his articles have been anthologized in works of political science, history, and English composition.  His 2014 book, Resilient America: Electing Nixon, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government, won the American Political Science Association’s Richard E. Neustadt Award for best book on the presidency published that year; and his 2006 book with John Lyman Mason, How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, won the Southern Political Science Association’s V.O. Key Award. 

 

From Library Journal:

The Presidency A to Z provides a firm reminder that the presidency is not just one person but an entire branch of American government. The second volume in CQ's "Encyclopedia of American Government" series (Volume 1, Congress A to Z, 2d ed. will be published in June and Volume 3, The Supreme Court A to Z , is scheduled for April), this is a browsable, nontechnical reference tool. What makes it unique is the easy-to-use alphabetical arrangement. While the expected biographies of all the presidents from George Washington to George Bush are presented here, the bulk of the book covers the vocabulary (e.g., inauguration), procedures (e.g., veto power), precedents (e.g., Humphrey's Executor v. United States ), and broader concepts relating to the office itself, such as campaign financing, presidential commissions, diplomatic powers, executive orders, and White House departments. None of the articles is more than five pages long, and they are all nicely interrelated by terms printed in capital letters that are treated elsewhere. For example, in the article on "Chief of State," the reader is referred to other articles on "Party Leader," and "Salary and Perquisites." Several appendixes include charts of all the presidents and vice presidents, election summaries, presidential approval graphs, party affiliation and Congress, presidential cabinet members, a flow chart of the U.S. government, a copy of the U.S. Constitution, and a bibliography. Black-and-white photographs and drawings are scattered throughout the text. The Presidency A to Z is a companion to the more comprehensive Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the Presidency ( LJ 3/15/90). Those libraries needing an in-depth reference would probably prefer that work. But public and school libraries will find this version an excellent and well-used source, especially if it is updated on a regular basis. Highly recommended.
- Barbara Keen, Spokane Community Coll. Lib., Wash.
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About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1608719081
• ISBN 13: 9781608719082
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 736
• Editor: Peters Gerhard D., Woolley John T., Nelson Michael