Presidential Party Building: Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush

by Daniel J. Galvin

Book Overview

Modern presidents are usually depicted as party "predators" who neglect their parties, exploit them for personal advantage, or undercut their organizational capacities. Challenging this view, Presidential Party Building demonstrates that every Republican president since Dwight D. Eisenhower worked to build his party into a more durable political organization while every Democratic president refused to do the same. Yet whether they supported...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691136939
• ISBN13: 9780691136936
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"