New Directions in the American Presidency

This book is a concise and affordable option for students, offering a comprehensive overview of the American presidency while providing professors with flexibility in teaching. It includes updated chapters on race and gender, assessment of the Trump years, and two new chapters on unitary powers and intersectionality.

Format: Hardback
Length: 330 pages
Publication date: 21 February 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Expanded coverage of the vice presidency Revised and updated coverage of Congress and the presidency
This book is a great choice for students because it is shorter and less expensive than competing books. It is also attractive to professors because it allows them maximum flexibility in combining it with other texts and course topics, including Congress and the Presidency. The book combines the best of a debate book with a comprehensive look at the system within which the presidency operates, engaging students with current issues while offering professors the basic systems framework from which to teach.

This book is part of a series carefully designed to provide a full complement of edited volumes for every major course in American government. This allows professors who prefer to teach with readings a complete and consistent set of books to choose from or to combine with others.

The book includes timely new chapters on race and gender, which are unique among texts of this type. The Third Edition of the book has been updated to include new chapters on the 2020 presidential campaign and aftermath. The assessment of the Trump years includes an analysis of presidential powers and management of the executive branch, use of social media, relationship with Congress, relationship with political parties, public opinion, domestic and foreign policy, Supreme Court appointments, two new chapters on unitary powers and intersectionality and the presidency, expanded coverage of the vice presidency, and revised and updated coverage of Congress and the presidency.

Overall, this book is a valuable resource for students and professors interested in learning more about American government and the presidency.

Weight: 802g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032182193
Edition number: 3 ed