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The Evolving American Presidency Series Editor: Michael A. Genovese

The American presidency touches virtually every aspect of American and world politics. And the presidency has become, for better or worse, the vital center of the American and global political systems. The framers of the American government would be dismayed at such a result. As invented at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787, the presidency was to have been a part of the government with shared and overlapping powers, embedded within a separation-of-powers system. If there was a vital center, it was the Congress; the presidency was to be a part, but by no means the centerpiece of that system. Over time, the presidency has evolved and grown in power, expectations, responsibilities, and authority. Wars, crises, depressions, industrialization, all served to add to the power of the presidency. And as the United States grew into a world power, presidential power also grew. As the United States became the world’s leading superpower, the presidency rose in prominence and power, not only in the United States, but on the world stage as well. It is the clash between the presidency as created and the presidency as it has developed that inspired this series. And it is the importance and power of the modern American presidency that makes understanding the office so vital. Like it or not, the American presidency stands at the vortex of power both within the United States and across the globe. This Palgrave series recognizes that the presidency is and has been an evolving institution, going from the original constitutional design as a chief clerk, to today where the president is the center of the American political constellation. This has caused several key dilemmas in our political system, not the least of which is that presidents face high expectations with limited constitutional resources. This causes presidents to find extraconstitutional means of governing. Thus, presidents must find ways to bridge the expectations/power gap while operating within the confines of a separation-of-powers system designed to limit presidential authority. How presidents resolve these challenges and paradoxes is the central issue in modern governance. It is also the central theme of this book series. Michael A. Genovese Loyola Chair of Leadership Loyola Marymount University Palgrave’s The Evolving American Presidency, Series Editor Titles include: Robert Maranto, Douglas M. Brattebo, and Tom Lansford (editors) The Second Term of George W. Bush Michael A. Genovese and Lori Cox Han (editors) The Presidency and the Challenge of Democracy

DOI: 10.1057/9781137438003.0001

10.1057/9781137438003 - Maligned Presidents, Max J. Skidmore

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Series Foreword:

Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney (editors) Religion and the American Presidency Mark J. Rozell and Gleaves Whitney (editors) Religion and the Bush Presidency

Matthew T. Corrigan American Royalty T

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