Presidents on Political Ground: Leaders in Action and What They Face

by Bruce Miroff

Book Overview

How much power does a president really have? Theories and arguments abound--pointlessly, Bruce Miroff says, if we don't understand the context in which presidents operate. Borrowing from Machiavelli, Miroff maps five fields of political struggle that presidents must traverse to make any headway: media, powerful economic interests, political coalitions, the high-risk politics of domestic policy, and the partisan politics of foreign policy.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700622853
• ISBN13: 9780700622856
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"