Presidents & the Presidency: Essays by Stephen Hess

By Stephen Hess

Book Overview

This book contains a collection of Stephen Hess's best essays on the presidency. Written over a fifteen year period, the essays selected are just as relevant today as when they were first published. Each essay says something useful about the office of the presidency or a specific president.
The book includes:
-""Presidential Qualities,"" originally published when Richard Nixon was president, addresses the characteristics we should want in a chief executive regardless of whether or not we agree with him.
-""Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents: Lord Bryce Revisited"" asks whether changes in the process by which we select presidential candidates would result in different kinds of people seeking office.
-""Toward a More Functional Presidency,"" written after Watergate, rethinks the appropriate role of the president and offers a job description.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815736320
• ISBN13: 9780815736325
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"